Noah Himmelstein is a New York based theatre director drawn to time-bending storytelling—work that explores how memory, identity, imagination and comedy shape our lives. His productions blend emotional precision with dreamlike theatricality, creating spaces where the real and the fantastic coexist. He gravitates toward deeply human stories, ensemble-driven performance, and music-forward storytelling rooted in collective liberation and in theatre’s power to reveal hidden layers of experience, opening pathways to connection and wonder.

He is currently collaborating with writers Andrew Lippa, Karen Hartman, Oliver Houser, Matthew Lombardo, Wendy Kesselman, Matthew Puckett, Chelsea Marcantel and Dale Soules and is or has recently developed work with Atlantic Theatre Co, New York Theatre Workshop, the Huntington and the Public Theatre.

His NY/off-Broadway credits include the recent world premiere of Conversations with Mother, The Lucky Star, Los Otros, I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln Center, also San Francisco, LA, Denver and Princeton),The Costume, Surfer Girl and Things I Left on Long Island.

Regional: the world premiere of Rooted (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Everything is Wonderful (Philadelphia Theatre Company and Everyman); the world premieres of I Am Anne Hutchinson (Strathmore with Kristin Chenoweth);The Forgotten Woman (Bay Street Theatre); Loving Leo (Weston Playhouse); the opera Positions 1956 (Urban Arias); and Bleeding Love (Fredericia Theatre, Denmark). He is Associate Artistic Director at Everyman Thaetre in Baltimore where productions include 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.

For the NY Philharmonic he's directed for the Young People's Concerts series, Lincoln Center American Songbook, Songs from the Holocaust at Carnegie Hall as well as the 2024 & 2025 Dramatists Guild Foundation galas. His assistant and associate director credits include plays and musicals at Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage and City Center Encores!

Teaching Artist: Broadway Dreams Foundation.