JOAN RAUBE-WILSON
ACTOR MUSICIAN EDUCATOR
Now Playing:
Constellation Shakespeare has just opened our educational production of Macbeth, in which I'm playing the role of Lady Macbeth. This production will now be touring to Virginia schools throughout the 2025-2026 academic year.
Coming Soon...
In addition to touring with Macbeth, I'm also now in rehearsals for Constellation's small scale production of The Sea Voyage. In this five person cast, I'll be playing Clarinda, Lamure, Nicusa, and others!
RECENT REVIEWS:
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth
(Constellation Shakespeare)
"Macbeth’s relative inaction was countered in a standout performance by Joan Raube-Wilson as Lady Macbeth. Precise and thoughtful, Lady Macbeth had very little fear, and turned that into a pragmatic practicality that found both surprising comedy and deep pathos...during the sleepwalking scene, Raube-Wilson brilliantly replayed many of the gestures from their earlier intimacy, only now in a solo scene: using her hand to pull her own head towards an unseen focal point, grasping at hands that weren’t there, trying to lead
someone around the space but finding them absent, and falling into distress and ungodly shrieks of loneliness. Raube-Wilson did more than many Lady Macbeths I’ve seen to find a cohesive connection between the physical relationship of husband and wife in the early scenes, and her isolation in her final appearance." (Peter Kirwan, The Bardathon)
Biondello/others in The Taming of the Shrew
(Mortal Fools Collective)
"The breakout star of the show, though, was Biondello. Played by Raube-Wilson with thick glasses and breathless wonder, Biondello was the production’s beating heart...In an unscripted moment while Raube-Wilson was playing another character, Biondello’s glasses at one point fell onto the floor and were stepped on by Tranio, prompting distressed reactions from the audience. When Raube-Wilson picked the glasses back up to become Biondello again, she rubbed her head in confused pain. Aside from the genius of the improvisation, the moment drew attention to the skill of the actors trying to keep this play going against all odds – and winning." (Peter Kirwan, The Bardathon)