Noel Raymond is the Co-Artistic Managing Director of Pillsbury House Theatre where she has helped make theatre for over 11 years.  She holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota and a BFA from Ithaca College in New York.  Noel currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Multicultural Development Center and the Burning House Group Theatre Company which she co-founded in 1993.  She has taught acting classes and theatre movement in multiple settings to children, college students and adults with developmental disabilities.  She is an Equity actor who has performed with Pillsbury House Theatre, the Burning House Group, the Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Bryant Lake Bowl, and Minnesota Festival Theatres in Minnesota as well as the Hangar Theatre in New York.  Noel’s directing credits include An Almost Holy Picture, Far Away, Angels in America:  Parts I and II, and [sic] at Pillsbury House Theatre; From Shadows to Light at Theatre Mu; The BI Show with MaMa mOsAiC; and Vengeance Can Wait, a new English translation of a Japanese play by Yukiko Motoyama at the Playwright’s Center’s 2006 Play Labs Festival; among others.  Noel has served on numerous panels including TCG/American Theatre, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Playwright’s Center and United Arts to name a few.