About me

Born and raised in the Bay Area, Noel began singing at the age of 18. His father had sung professionally with some of the biggest names in Latin music, such as Tito Puente, Pete Escovedo and Luis Enrique. Influenced by his father, Noel began to sink his teeth into many genres of Latin music in the Spanish language, aspiring to follow in the footsteps of such artists as Luis Miguel, Ricardo Montaner and Juan Luis Guerra. Noel discovered his love for American musicals with the 1978 release of the film, Grease. He realized he had been bitten by the musical theatre bug when he found himself reciting the entire score from the movie 24 hours a day. He started pursuing the arts and theater as a hobby and it wasn’t until he saw a touring production of West Side Story and the San Francisco company of The Phantom of the Opera, that he finally realized performing was his true passion. Noel’s love affair with the theatre arts began.
 

Noel began his Bay Area Theatre career in the spring of 1997 when he was cast in Douglas Morrisson Theatre’s production of Guys & Dolls at the age of 23. Naturally, his first audition piece was a Spanish ballad called “Sabor a Mi.” With that, he made an impression on the director, and was cast in the ensemble as a dice-rolling genuine sinner. From there, Noel went on to work on some of the most highly regarded regional stages in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2003, he became a member of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional stage managers and actors. From chorus boy to leading man, Noel has enjoyed every opportunity given to him. Noel is a five-time nominee of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award and a recipient of the 2011 award for best featured actor in a musical for his work in "She Loves Me." He is also a four-time nominee of the Shellie Award and a recipient of the 2012 Best Supporting Actor, and 2015 and 2016 Best Actor in a musical award for his work in "She Loves Me," "Les Miserables," and "The Music Man," respectively. Noel can be heard on the Premier Studio Cast Recording of The Fourth Messenger, singing the role of Sam. When not on stage, Noel has sung with the San Francisco Symphony, for various galas, fundraisers, weddings, nightclubs and in 2010, had the honor of singing the National Anthem for the World Champion San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. His one man show "A Taste of Me," premiered at the Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek to a sold-out crowd in the Vukasin Theatre in June of 2017, and again at Feinstein's at the Nikko in San Francisco in September of 2017.

Noel has performed leading and featured roles in productions for American Conservatory Theater (1776), TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Jane Eyre the musical, A Little Princess, Merrily We Roll Along, The Secret Garden, Sweeney Todd, Rags, Sense & Sensibility the musical, Ragtime, Being Alive: a Sondheim Celebration), American Musical Theatre of San Jose (Damn Yankees, Miss Saigon, On the 20th Century, Tapestry, Guys & Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors, The Full Monty, Cabaret – a joint production with Seattle’s 5th Ave Theatre), Marin Theatre Company (Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris), Center REPertory Company (She Loves Me, Smokey Joe’s Café, Sweet Charity, Freaky Friday, Mamma Mia!, In The Heights), San Jose Stage Company (Bonnie & Clyde, The Wild Party, Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia!), Broadway by the Bay (Evita, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, The Full Monty, Annie), Oakland’s Woodminster Amphitheatre (Bye Bye Birdie, Carousel, Evita, Oklahoma!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods, On Your Feet!, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Jersey Boys), Jewel Theatre Company (Forever Plaid), Contra Costa Musical Theatre (Guys & Dolls, Hairspray, Les Miserables, The Music Man, The Full Monty), Sierra Repertory Theatre (All Shook Up, Dogfight), San Francisco’s 42nd Street Moon (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Lady, Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, The Most Happy Fella, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), Hillbarn Theatre (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Diablo Theatre Company (A Grand Night for Singing), Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre (Into the Woods, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!), New Conservatory Theatre Center SF (Chess), Douglas Morrisson Theatre (Hayward Little Theatre) (Guys & Dolls, She Loves Me, Carousel, Auntie Mame, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).
 

Throughout the course of his theatre career, Noel has had the honor and privilege of working with some of the finest composers, directors, choreographers and actors of the Broadway stage. This includes Oscar nominated and Tony award winning director, Frank Galati, Broadway director's Susan H. Schulman, Gabriel Barre and Matt August, composers Andrew Lippa and Paul Gordon, Tony winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, Grammy winning artist Paula Cole, Broadway stars Emily Skinner, Jason Graae, Christiane Noll, Julie Benko, Will Chase, Burke Moses, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Paul Schoeffler, Lisa Vroman, Mark Jacoby, Judy Blazer, James Monroe Iglehart, Jeremy Stolle, John Hickok, Jim Stanek, Jamie Torcellini, and television stars Hal Linden and Jo Anne Worley.