Stafford arima
Stage Director
Stafford Arima was nominated for an Olivier Award as Best Director for his West End production of Ragtime. His production of Altar Boyz received the 2005 Best Off-Broadway Musical Outer Critics Circle Award and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Musical. Other stage works include: The Tin Pan Alley Rag (Roundabout Theatre Company); Marry Me A Little (Cincinnati Playhouse); The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea (San Diego Rep. – nominated for 3 NAACP Theatre Awards); Ace (The Old Globe, CA, The Rep. Theatre of St. Louis – winner of the 2006 Kevin Klein Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical); Candide (San Francisco Symphony); The Secret Garden (World AIDS Day concert); A Tribute to Sondheim (Boston Pops); Bright Lights, Big City (Prince Music Theater, PA); Guys and Dolls (Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ); Abyssinia (Goodspeed Musicals); Chef’s Theater (The Supper Club, NYC); Aida (North Shore Music Theater, MA); A Little Night Music (Sacramento Music Circus); and Children's Letters to God (Off Broadway). Arima also served as associate director for the Broadway productions of A Class Act and Seussical. Arima studied at York University where he was the recipient of the Dean's Prize for Excellence in Creative Work. www.staffordarima.com
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