NOELLE
DIANE
JOHNSON
Actor | Director | Educator
MEET NOELLE
I consider my artistry and creative expression a lifesaving gift of grace. A compass offered to me to navigate this thing called life.
It is through my creativity that I seek to serve, heal, and embrace the power of storytelling through my art.
It is through creativity, collaboration, and communion I have begun to carve a space for myself and others to express and grapple with the deepest Truths and share in the fullness of that with the world.
Artist…a calling, a grace, an embodiment that I honor deeply.
NOELLE DIANE JOHNSON (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist with a passion for art and deep reverence for creativity as a practice.
ABOUT
Born in Washington, DC, raised in Maryland, and cultivated in Philadelphia, PA
Noelle has been working as a professional theatre artist in the Greater Philadelphia Region for the past decade.
An Actor, Production & Stage Manager, Director, Intimacy Consultant, Administrator, Entrepreneur, and Business Owner, Noelle has worked for multiple venues in different capacities.
Credits include the Wilma Theater (Fat Ham, filmed regional premiere and Minor Character), The Cherry Orchard, Fairview, Philadelphia Theatre Company (The Garbologist, Choir Boy), Theatre Horizon (A New Brain, Grand Concourse, The Agitators, Art Houses series, TJ Loves Sally 4Ever), The Lantern Theater Company (Fabulation), Simpatico Theatre Company (Cry It Out), Theatre in the X (The Beast of Nubia), FringeArts (The Underground Railroad Game), and Playbill (one in two), among many others.
Noelle is also a Board member for Director’s Gathering, serving directors nationally to pursue and cultivate their skills as directors.
Noelle’s journey to rediscover her love for dance, movement, and poetry through healing the body somatically has led her to choreograph, direct, and produce short films in which she aims to guide viewers through a journey of healing through movement-poetry. This work includes a short film titled DAUGHTERS which premiered through a collaboration with FringeArts and original choreography and dance piece for The Bearded Ladies Black Femme Magic showcase.
When outside of the theatre or performance space Noelle enjoys and expresses her creativity through fashion and styling and pursues her desire to be a fashion stylist and designer for artists in the process of branding and embracing their unique voice.
Noelle is also the Founder & Owner of ARTISTS HEAL™, a company designed to create healing and care spaces for collaborative art-making while centering and providing resources for marginalized artists and vulnerable communities. Noelle believes in servant leadership and offers programming to promote self-liberated, inclusive, and equitable spaces designed for healing, expansion, and holistic support through decolonized artistic practice and process. Noelle is a graduate of Temple University studying Theatre and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and will pursue her Master’s in Theatre and DEI Strategy from Villanova University this Fall.
THEATRE
What to see next
Noelle is currently engaged in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion support by creating Equitable & Inclusive Rehearsal rooms through ARTISTS HEAL™ for The Cherry Orchard at the Wilma Theater and The Watsons Go to Birmingham at Seattle Children’s Theatre.
DANCE & MOVEMENT
Movement-Poetry
& Choreography
DAUGHTERS
BLACK FEMME MAGICBearded Ladies Cabaret
FASHION & STYLE
〝The joy of dressing is an art.〞
JOHN GALLIANO
With an eye for fashion and a love for clean, sleek, and classic style, I believe that dressing the way you want to feel and be in the world can be the first step to achieving it.
I believe that taking the time to find your personal style and voice no matter your age, body type, gender expression, or social status can create breakthrough in the universal experience of becoming.
While I love and assist with shopping, many times adding to your wardrobe is not always the answer. Sometimes it is taking what you have and thinking about it in a different way. I help clients shop, repurpose, and rediscover their unique voice and how to express that in their style and presentation, in addition to coaching on mindset to maintain this sense of self.
Services also include styling and day-of assistance for photoshoots.
ARTISTS HEAL
ARTISTS HEAL™ is a company committed to creating healing and care spaces for collaborative art-making based in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
ARTISTS HEAL™ seeks to create an industry shift by dismantling systems and structures of White Supremacy through healing and creating sustainable change within Arts organizations and institutions.
This mission is the culmination of over a decade of living in, growing to love, and working in Philadelphia as an Artist and Artist Advocate, as well as a continued journey to healing her own trauma through artistic and spiritual practice.
Noelle has been a long-time advocate for equitable and self-liberating spaces for herself and other marginalized artists and hopes to share the healing power of intentional change in her work through ARTISTS HEAL™.
WORK WITH NOELLE