08/27/2026
We actually couldn't be more excited to introduce you to Noah, joining us in September as the new full-time faculty for Cuesta Drama.
Noah Lucรฉ (he/they) is a director, actor, intimacy choreographer, and educator whose work spans professional, educational, and community-based theatre across the country. Noah serves as Associate Artistic Director of New Canon Theatre Company and is an Assistant Faculty Member with Theatrical Intimacy Education. They hold an MFA in Theatre Arts from the University of Idaho, an MA in Theatre from UC Santa Cruz, and a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, and trained at the PCPA Conservatory.
Noah's work centers on bold storytelling, collaborative artistry, and creating spaces where artists can take meaningful creative risks with care and confidence. His directing credits include ๐
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๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐, ๐๐๐ก๐โ, and ๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐: ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ at Lake Superior State University.
This summer, Noah directed ๐ผ ๐ด๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ at Mendocino Theatre Company - it opens this weekend! As an actor, Noah has performed up and down the West Coast, most recently appearing in New Canon Theatre Company's world premiere of ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถโ๐๐ ๐ by C. Wright and as Horatio in ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ก. He has also appeared internationally in Anuvab Pal's new play ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ (EnActe & Rage Productions). As an intimacy, fight, and movement director, they have worked with Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Mendocino Theatre Company, City Lights Theater Company, The Western Stage, UC Santa Cruz, Theatre Rhinoceros, and Spreckels Theatre Company, among others.
This fall, Noah is directing Cuesta Drama's gloriously unhinged spoof, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐, running from Nov 12-22. Everyone is welcome to audition, Sept 8: https://forms.gle/xgioS4Aqjnnzpjka8