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UPCOMING SHOWS:

May 18, 2012

Morristown, New Jersey, United States -
Mayo Center for the Performing Arts

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May 19, 2012

New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States -
Zeiterion Theater

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Mar 15, 2013

Markham, Ontario, Canada -
Markham Theatre

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Stafford Arima

Stage Director


Stafford Arima was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Award as Best Director for his London/West End production of Ragtime. His production of Altar Boyz received the 2005 Best Off-Broadway Musical Outer Critics Circle Award, was nominated for 7 Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, and ran for over 2,000 performances in New York City.

Other works include: Carrie (MCC Theater), Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Stratford Shakespeare Festival), The Tin Pan Alley Rag (Roundabout Theatre Company - nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical); My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (NYMF - NYMF 2010 Award for Excellence in Direction and Most Promising Musical); Marry Me A Little (Cincinnati Playhouse); The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea (San Diego Rep. - nominated for 3 NAACP Theatre Awards); Candide (San Francisco Symphony); Ace (The Old Globe); The Secret Garden (World AIDS Day benefit concert, NYC); A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (Boston Pops); Bright Lights, Big City (Prince Music Theater); Guys and Dolls (Paper Mill Playhouse); Abyssinia (Goodspeed Musicals); Chef's Theater (The Supper Club, NYC); and Children's Letters to God (Off-Broadway).

Arima studied at York University in Toronto where he was the recipient of the Dean's Prize for Excellence in Creative Work.

www.staffordarima.com