Skye Noel
Position(s): Executive Director, Resident Artist (Actor & Choreographer)
Contact: snoel@xrtc.org
Education: Ms. Noel’s formal arts education started when she attended the Harrison Center for the Arts in Lakeland, Florida for her High School education, studying in the Dance and Theatre departments. Three years later she graduated from Florida Southern College with her B.A. in Theatre Performance. She continued her training at the renowned American Conservatory Theatre after relocating to the San Francisco bay area and soon followed with her Masters of Fine Arts from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training / Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University.
Professional Experience: As a Director and Choreographer, Ms. Noel has worked with such theatres as Marin Theatre Company, San Francisco Shakespeare, Loraine Hansbury Theatre Company and Florida Southern College as well as numerous Children’s and Community theatres across the country.
Being the daughter of two educators, it was only natural to want to teach. As an instructor, Skye has taught classes in musical theatre, Shakespeare, many forms of dance, Improvisation, Rhythm, Movement and Voice and Speech.
Performing is Ms. Noel’s truest passion. She has appeared in productions at numerous Regional Theatres across the country including American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Willows Theatre Company and American Musical Theatre of San Jose. Internationally, She has performed at the world renowned Moscow Art Theatre in Russia. As a dancer, she’s been company member and principal dancer for Leaps N Bounds, Vital Spark, and The Rag Dolls Burlesque.
What the XRT Means To Me…: Family. Home. A safe place to create, be open and live Truthfully!
Why I Do What I Do…: There is something inside each artist that can’t be explained. It’s dying to get out! It’s a seed that’s sprouted into a huge tree that makes you almost Burst with excitement. It’s an infection that you can’t shake. It’s a passion that’s contagious. It is communication above all else. I teach and produce and perform because I must. It is Living! I love to share my passion with anyone and everyone who is interested so that they might take a little piece of my soul with them and be more willing to give a part of theirs to someone else in return. That’s why I do what I do.
Did You Know? Skye loves to travel and has been fortunate enough to have experienced 8 International countries in her studies and adventures. Her dream vacation would be to the tropical Seychelles Islands off the north east coast of Africa and will one day retire to the south of France where she’ll own a vineyard and run a restaurant where she’ll serve dishes inspired by her many travels.
