Christmas Carol 1941 is Magruder’s first production with Arena Stage.
His translations include Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love (Center Stage, Classic Stage Company); the book for its musical version, Triumph of Love (Broadway and beyond); Labiche’s Eating Crow (Dallas Main Street Theatre); Lesage’s Turcaret (D.C.’s Catalyst Theatre); Moliиre’s The Imaginary Invalid (Yale Repertory Theatre); Bougie Man , an adaptation of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme for South Coast Rep; The Miser for Center Stage; and Gozzi’s The Love of Three Oranges for La Jolla Playhouse.
His Three French Comedies (Yale University Press) was named an “Outstanding Literary Translation” by the American Literary Translators Association.