Noah Himmelstein is a New York based theatre director.

Since returning from the pandemic, Noah directed Michael John LaChiusa & Ellen Fitzhugh's Los Otros (A.R.T. New York, off-Broadway); Karen Hartman's The Lucky Star (59e59, off-Broadway); the world premiere of Deborah Zoe Laufer's Rooted (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); and Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth (Everyman Theatre, Baltimore).

Additional recent includes Chelsea Marcantel's Everything is Wonderful (Philadelphia Theatre Company); the world premieres of Andrew Lippa’s I Am Anne Hutchinson (Strathmore with Kristin Chenoweth) and I Am Harvey Milk (Strathmore, Lincoln Center, San Francisco, LA & Denver); Daniel Zaitchik's The Costume (Inner Voices/Barrow Group); the world premiere of Jonathan Tolins’s The Forgotten Woman (Bay Street Theatre); Heather McDonald's An Almost Holy Picture; Michael John LaChiusa & Ellen Fitzhugh’s Los Otros; Karen Hartman’s The Book of Joseph; and JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls (Everyman); Harris Doran, Jason Schafer & Art Bacon’s Bleeding Love (Fredericia Theatre, Denmark); the world premiere of Conrad Cummings and Michael Korie's opera Positions 1956 (Urban Arias); and the world premieres of Sara Cooper’s Loving Leo (Weston Playhouse, music by Zach Redler) and Things I Left On Long Island (NYFringe). In addition, he has directed for the New York Philharmonic (Young People's Concerts series: The Harlem Renaissance), Lincoln Center American Songbook and American Opera Projects.

In 2021, Noah made his film directorial debut with ShirtTugger, a short conceived with partner Noah Zachary which has played several NY and national festivals.

Noah is Associate Artistic Director of Everyman Theatre and often works as a teaching artist. He is a graduate of Emerson College.

upcoming / in development

Songwriting in the Schools (Lincoln Center Theater, May 2023)

ShirtTugger (LOVE WINS International Film Festival, NY June 2023)

I Am Harvey Milk (Princeton Festival, June 2023)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Everyman Theatre, spring 2024)

When Playwrights Kill by Matthew Lombardo

Leap by Andrew Lippa

The Lucky Star by Karen Hartman

Romeo y Julieta; Limeño by Matías De La Flor