Lewis Magruder is a director of theater and teacher of acting, directing, and voice for the actor. Until recently, he was Associate Artistic Director of Tony Honoree The Acting Company in New York City, responsible for organizing and advising in all aspects of casting and auditioning, advising the Artistic Director in selection of season, and producing and directing the company’s renowned Salon series of benefit readings.

Lewis is also founder and producing artistic director for Broad Horizons Theatre Company in New York City, which develops new works with contemporary playwrights. This includes public relations and marketing, fundraising, and producing readings, workshops, and full productions. For Broad Horizons, Lewis has directed the critically acclaimed Evensong; an award-winning revival of Cloud 9; an adaptation of Women of Troy; and readings and workshops of new works.

Lewis has also directed regionally and internationally: A Christmas Carol at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota; Fool for Love at the English-American Theatre in Düsseldorf; a musical version of Alice in Wonderland at the Pennsylvania Center Stage; The Magic Flute at Rutgers University; and scenes for the Met summer opera program, Tel Aviv.

Lewis’s has taught at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and the Summer Theatre Institute of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. He served as Assistant Professor of Theatre at DeSales University, where he directed Cole, a musical revue of the songs of Cole Porter, and at Texas Tech University, where he directed Angels in America: Perestroika. His courses have included directing, acting, voice, musical theatre technique, and modern European dramatic literature.

Through the years of directing and teaching, Lewis has developed particular interests in a number of areas: coaching actors to meet the acting and vocal challenges of classical text, teaching actors the fundamentals of scene work, and working closely with playwrights in developing new works.

Lewis has observed, worked with and learned from some outstanding contemporary theater craftsmen, including Jack O’Brien, Gloria Muzio, Oskar Eustis, Jon Jory, and Gary Griffin. He holds an M.F.A. in directing from the Pennsylvania State University; an M.A. in theatre from Northwestern University; and a B.A. in liberal arts from Davidson College.

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