Noah Himmelstein is a New York based theatre director.
Recent directing work includes Karen Hartman's The Book of Joseph, Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh's new musical, Los Otros, the premieres of Andrew Lippa's I Am Anne Hutchinson and I Am Harvey Milk, Jonathan Tolins' new play The Forgotten Woman and projects with the New York Philharmonic and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Noah directed the premiere of I Am Harvey Milk at the Nourse Theatre in San Francisco and went on to stage the work in LA, Denver and an engagement at Lincoln Center with Kristin Chenoweth (New York Magazine and LA Magazine Critics Pick, Playbill "Unforgettable Experience of the Year.") He collaborated with Lippa and Chenoweth on a companion work, I Am Anne Hutchinson, which premiered alongside Harvey Milk at Strathmore (Washington Post, "Best of the Year.")
In 2016, he joined Everyman Theatre as Associate Artistic Director; a Baltimore based organization now in its 27th season dedicated to producing classic and contemporary work that is affordable and accessible to a wide range of audiences. His work at Everyman includes J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls, Los Otros, and The Book of Joseph. In the 2018-2019 season, he returns with Chelsea Marcantel's new play Everything is Wonderful.
Additional directing work includes the musicals Bleeding Love at the Fredericia Teater in Denmark and Loving Leo at Weston Playhouse, the world premiere of Conrad Cummings and Michael Korie's instructional opera, Positions 1956 with Urban Arias, Children of Eden with a cast of 48, mentored by Stephen Schwartz (Young Artists of America at Strathmore), and Sara Cooper's play Things I Left On Long Island at the NY Fringe (Time Out NY, Critics Pick).
He has directed readings/workshops for Goodspeed Musicals, New Dramatists, Westport Playhouse, Bay Street Theater, ASCAP Workshop, Theater for the New City, and American Opera Projects and served as a teaching artist for Broadway Dreams Foundation, Wooran Foundation (Seoul, South Korea), NYU: Tisch and Steinhardt, Adelphi University, and Usdan Performing Arts Center.
As assistant director, he has worked with directors James Lapine and Bartlett Sher on productions on Broadway and off.
Noah is a graduate of Emerson College where he studied directing.
