PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

With a kaleidoscopic portfolio spanning performance and production, graphic and sound design, youth and adult education, and much more, Noah cultivates creative communication rooted in empathy. In addition to staff positions at nationally-recognized arts organizations, Noah owns and operates Willie Nillie Media, an arts production firm that consults with queer creatives, manages independent artists, and fuels radical performance for international comedy rabble-rouser Woody Shticks.

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ADVANCED SKILLS

• Creative communications and branding
• Copywriting, proofreading, and editing
• Contracting and fiscal oversight
• ​Complex conflict resolution​​

• Accessibility services, including captioning
• ​Personnel coaching and team building
• Design in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
• ​​Cloud CRM and info management

SELECT EXPERIENCE

THE LIBERTINIS
Marketing Director, Founding Producer (2012 - Present)

• Steer dynamic public relations for Seattle’s acclaimed award-losing generative queer feminist art gang
• Create leadership documents and wrangle tiered digital archives
• Generate performative content, workshop curricula, interactive marketing, and fundraising initiatives

MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (UW)
​Lead House Manager (2016 - 2021)

• Train, develop, and supervise over 25 ushers serving a 1,300-seat classical symphony venue
• Provide accessibility services, like closed captioning and assisted listening, for live and digital events
• ​​Enforce safety plans, crowd management strategies, and guest service initiatives alongside backstage and lobby operations

INTIMAN THEATRE
Corporate Training Coordinator (2018 - 2019)

• Stewarded Intiman Theatre’s unique cooperative with Edelman, a global communications leader
• Grew the theatre’s highest-grossing program by 50%, securing an average profit margin of 42%
• Governed dozens of teaching artists in consultations, coachings, multi-day trainings, and curricula development

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
​Lead House Manager (Cornish Playhouse and Studio) (2017 - 2019)

• Directed lobby operations for educational, performance, and special events at Seattle Center's historic theatre venue
• Equipped student staff of 10 to manage events, on their own and in teams
• ​Supervised box office operations as part of broader guest service initiatives

ANNEX THEATRE
Box Office Babe (Manager) (2016 - 2017)

• Prepared sales reports and door lists for weekly events of many types
• Procured and trained new volunteers to run box office and house manage fringe venues
• Collaborated on creative leadership inside of Annex Theatre's democratized theatre model

THE SEAGULL PROJECT
Development Director, Marketing Consultant (2013 - 2018)

• Designed interactive funding initiatives for budgets exceeding $200,000 annually
• Traveled internationally with the seasoned ensemble, scaling sound and music design to diverse venues
• Regulated junior producers and non-Equity personnel, including managing interns and volunteers

SWEET PEA COTTAGE PRESCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Education Activities Coordinator (2013 - 2014)

• Developed a weekly field trip program for 50 primary-aged students via public and private transit
• Booked new and veteran teaching artists for multi-campus educational enrichment
• Managed productions for affiliated Lathyrus Theatre, an after-school theatre arts program in Seattle

MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Tour Actor / Director (2010 - 2011)

• Instructed thousands of elementary, middle, and high school students in performance technique
• Maintained daily budgets and expense reports as Tour Finance Manager
• Toured sets, costumes, props, and company vehicle across 48 states

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

USING SILENCE
Physical comedy for actors

• Pocket FringeCon (2016, 2017)
• University of Puget Sound (2020)

STAND-UP STARTERS
Comedy writing and delivery for queer youth

• Seattle Parks and Recreation (2015)
• ​Tender Loving Queers (2019)

SELLING OUT
Branding crash course for solo artists

• Intiman Emerging Artist Program (2018)

POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN THE ARTS
Implicit bias training for professional ushers

• Meany Center for the Performing Arts (2017-2019)
• Cornish College of the Arts (2018-2019)

STORYTELLING 101: MICROSOFT
Storytelling basics for business leaders

• Intiman Creative Cooperative (2019)

INTRODUCTORY STAGE COMBAT
Close-contact combat technique

• Tennessee Shakespeare Company
  

EDUCATION

REFERENCES

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
BFA in Acting (2011 – 2013)
​Focus on solo performance and self-production; emphasis in dance and physical theatre

MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE
(2008 – 2010)
Studied acting and dance with a minor in Applied Drama Therapy​

AMERICAN SAFETY & HEALTH INSTITUTE
CPR, AED, & First Aid Certification (December 2018)

SARAH WILKE
Senior Director for Planning and Operations,
Meany Center for the Performing Arts

SARAH JO KIRCHNER
Lutz Fellow Staff Attorney,
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

DAVID GASSNER
Producing Director,
​18th & Union