Karron Graves

Karron Graves

Karron Graves is an American actress most known for playing Mary Warren in Arthur Miller’s screen adaptation of "The Crucible (1996 film)" starring Daniel Day-Lewis, distributed by 20th Century Fox.^[1]

Early life and education

Karron was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States,, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, and New York City. As a young child, Karron was a competitive swimmer and a 2-time Junior Olympics competitor.^[2] In New York, she attended the Professional Children’s School and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. She received her AB from Princeton University^[3] and her MFA from the Yale School of Drama.^[4]

Career

Graves started performing as a child in musical theatre and with The Metropolitan Opera, where she performed for six seasons. She made her television debut in ""Saturday Night Live"" in 1986, as “The Girl Scout” opposite Phil Hartman,^[5] starred in the PBS/Wonderworks Series "The Fig Tree" with Doris Roberts and Teresa Wright,^[6] and gained attention in Peter Benchley’s CBS prime time pilot ""Dolphin Cove"" as Katie Larson.^[7] On stage, she originated the role of Clara in the world premiere of Arthur Miller’s "Danger:Memory!" (1987) at Lincoln Center Theater, directed by Gregory Mosher,^[8] toured internationally with "The Sound of Music" (1988) directed by James Hammerstein and starring Debbie Boone, David Cryer, and Mary Beth Peil as Elsa, and assumed the role of Ginya in Leslie Ayvazian’s "Nine Armenians" at Manhattan Theatre Club.^[9]

Karron is most known for playing Mary Warren in 20th Century Fox’s "The Crucible (1996)" starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield, and Winona Ryder. It was adapted for the screen by Arthur Miller, from his play, directed by Nicholas Hytner and produced by Robert Miller and David V. Picker.^[10] Other film and television appearances include NBC’s "Law & Order",^[11] CBS’s "Guiding Light",^[12][13] USA’s "Monk",^[11] "The Good Shepherd (film)" directed by Robert DeNiro, starring Matt Damon and Billy Crudup,^[14] "5 Wishes (2008)" directed by and co-starring Michael Goorjian,^[15] Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s "Late Phases",^[16] and "She Dreams of Fireflies" (announced 2015).^[17]

Karron’s stage credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional Theatre. She received paid training with the SITI Company to star in the world premiere of "Intimiations for Saxophone" (2005) directed by Anne Bogart at Arena Stage.^[18] She starred opposite James Whitmore in "Trying" (2006) at Ford’s Theatre,^[19] and again opposite James Whitmore for the 70th Anniversary celebration of "Our Town" (2008) in Peterborough, NH, the birthplace of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.^[20] Karron played Isobel Ashbrook on Broadway in the Tony Award-nominated "Coram Boy" (2007) directed by Melly Still.^[21] She starred Off-Broadway in "The Philanderer" (2012) at the New York City Center with the Pearl Theatre (New York City),^[22] and appeared in the NYTimes Critics’ Pick "Two Point Oh" (2013) at 59E59.^[23] At Yale, Karron originated the roles of Dora Hand in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s "The Muckle Man", Lizzie Booth in Trip Cullman’s "Absolutely True", Sara in A. Rey Pamatmat’s "Deviant", and Blanche Verse in Marcus Gardley’s "...And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi"^[24]

For the 2015-2016 season at the Roundabout Theatre Company, Karron will play Mamie Gummer’s sister in the world premiere of Lindsey Ferrentino’s "Ugly Lies the Bone" directed by Patricia McGregor.^[25] In tandem with her performance credits, she teaches acting at NYU Tisch and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.^[26]

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