James Magruder

Dramaturg/Associate Artist at Center Stage, Baltimore

Plan mainstage season and long-term programming strategies with the Artistic Director; supervise and dramaturg commissions from initial conception to workshop to full production with playwrights such as Warren Leight, Lillian Groag, Danny Hoch, and Lynn Nottage; seek out emerging talent for season and special projects; supply full production dramaturgy for mainstage shows with resident and visiting directors; articulate Center Stage's institutional voice in printed material; contribute to grant writing and public presentations; edit program notes and related materials; involved in grant acquisition including securing a $2 Million Challenge Grant for Dramaturgy from the Mellon Foundation.

Visiting Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College

Taught production dramaturgy to theater majors; led an Honors Seminar in comparative drama (four canonical plays per week); delivered public lectures and campus outreach.

Lecturer at Yale School of Drama

Translation and adaptation for MFA dramaturgy candidates (1997-2011; 2018).

Lecturer at Yale School of Drama

Translation and adaptation for MFA dramaturgy candidates.

Lecturer at University of Baltimore

Lecturer for MFA fiction writing workshop; taught translation and related topics; contributed to courses across arts disciplines.

Visiting Professor at Princeton University

Intermediate Playwriting: Translation & Adaptation.

Workshop Instructor at Maisha Film Lab

Old Wine into New Bottles page-to-stage adaptation workshop using East African folk tales as source material.

Playwrights Residency at Weston Playhouse

Weston Playhouse Playwrights Residency for Bertram Cope’s Year.

Residency at The Ground Floor, Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Development residency for Keep Your Forks.

Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Residency as writer.

Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Residency as writer.

Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Residency as writer.

Residency at The Hermitage Artist Retreat

Residency as writer.

Residency at Kenyon Playwrights Conference

Playwrights Conference residency (June 2014).

Residency at Kenyon Playwrights Conference

Kenyon Playwrights Conference participation (June 2014).

Lecturer at University of Baltimore, Yale Gordon College of Arts & Sciences

Lecturer in Dramatic Writing and Theatre Studies.

Workshop Leader at Maisha Film Lab

Workshop: Old Wine into New Bottles — a page-to-stage adaptation workshop using East African folk tales as source material.

Playwright-in-Residence at The Kenyon Playwrights Conference

Joan & Bootsie workshop; residency in June 2014.

Playwright-in-Residence at Weston Playhouse Playwrights Residency

Residency for Bertram Cope’s Year (April 2015).

Workshop Leader at Center Stage PlayLab

Dunkler- Related Disorders workshop (October 7-10, 2010).

Workshop/Public Presentation at Baltimore Theater/Center Stage (various projects)

Participation in readings and workshops such as Would That You Were Cold or Hot (2006 Kennedy Center Page to Stage) and Pissing Match (2008 Baltimore Theater Project).