ACTING PORTFOLIO
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth
Constellation Shakespeare Collective, 2025
"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...
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."
Photography by Ariel Tatum
Clarinda, Lamure, Nicusa, and others in The Sea Voyage
Constellation Shakespeare Collective, 2025
"Raube-Wilson turned what could have been a Miranda parody into a deeply ethically motivated woman...
The transformation in Clarinda was the production’s most profound character point, turning a romp into – from at least one character’s perspective – something approaching a coming-of-age tragedy."
Photography by Ariel Tatum
Hippolita, Philotis, and The Cardinal in 'Tis Pity She's A Whore
Mortal Fools Collective, 2026
"Raube-Wilson switched to a central position as Hippolyta attempted to take control over the events of the play, bursting into Annabella and Soranzo’s wedding wearing shades and singing a full-blownn chorus of Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know”, to a rapturous ovation from the audience...
Raube-Wilson’s moving response to the death of Bergetto lent pathos to the casting-aside of her character. As Hippolita, she sank cursing back into her seat as Vasques gloated from the sidelines at having cut her down just in the pride of her anticipated revenge."
Photography by Solas Photography
Bianca, Biondello, Baptista, and others in The Taming of the Shrew
Mortal Fools Collective, 2025
“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, almost a conscientious objector to the whole project of extreme doubling and disguises.”
Photography by Ariel Tatum
Olga deVelaris in Anima
MBU Shakespeare & Performance, 2025
"The beating heart of Anima is clearly Olga, and Raube-Wilson's portrayal allowed it to fuel every moment. Her Olga was a raw nerve, assured and put-together, but with her own vulnerabilities that could allow the whole house of cards to come tumbling down with enough pressure."
Photography by Ariel Tatum
Jaques & Oliver in As You Like It
MBU Shakespeare & Performance, 2024
"[Raube-Wilson's] Jaques was a deliberately needling presence, a goth lesbian who encouraged Amiens to play “Love Shack” to the bar’s delight, before cutting it off and regaling them with a brilliantly committed acapella rendition of Alanis Morissette’s “All I Really Want”...
But Jaques' acid tone was rooted in a pain that came through clearly during her "All the world's a stage" speech, during which she welled up with tears as she moved onto old age and death..."
Photography by John Simmins
Some more of Joan's favorite onstage moments...
