is a New York–based theatre director with a passion for new plays, musicals and classical works.

In April 2026, his production of the world premiere comedy When Playwrights Kill opened at the Huntington Theatre and was hailed as a “go-for-broke blast” and “directed with brio and a sure sense of what each moment requires by Noah Himmelstein” from The Boston Globe.

He is currently collaborating on new plays and musicals with writers Karen Hartman, Oliver Houser, Andrew Lippa, Chelsea Marcantel, Matthew Puckett and Liba Vaynberg.

Last year, he directed the world premiere of Conversations with Mother which ran for three months off-Broadway featuring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle, workshops of a new play at NYTW and musical at Atlantic Theatre Co as well as an acclaimed production of Yasmina Reza’s comedy Art at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore.

His additional NY/off-Broadway productions include The Lucky Star, Los Otros, I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln Center), The Costume, Surfer Girl and concert stagings with the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts series.

Regionally he has directed Everything is Wonderful at Philadelphia Theatre Co and Everyman Theatre, the world premiere of I Am Harvey Milk in San Francisco and subsequent stagings across the country, the world premieres of Rooted (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); I Am Anne Hutchinson (Strathmore with Kristin Chenoweth and Andrew Lippa); The Forgotten Woman (Bay Street Theatre); Loving Leo (Weston Playhouse); Conrad Cummings and Michael Korie’s opera Positions 1956 (Urban Arias); and Bleeding Love (Fredericia Theatre, Denmark).

While Associate Artistic Director at Everyman, his productions included his acclaimed age-blind A Midsummer Night's Dream, Art, The Skin of Our Teeth, And Then There Were None, Los Otros, The Book of Joseph,An Almost Holy Picture and An Inspector Calls.

As assistant director, Noah has had the joy of working with James Lapine, Bartlett Sher, John Rando and Victoria Clark. Teaching Artist: multiple projects with Broadway Dreams Foundation and Young Artists of America.

Noah is from Baltimore and a graduate of Emerson College.