Background
Karron was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States,, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, and New York City.
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Karron Graves
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In New York, she attended the Professional Children’s School and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and her Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
Career
As a young child, Karron was a competitive swimmer and a 2-time Junior Olympics competitor. 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 Philosophy Hartman, starred in the Public Broadcasting Service/Wonderworks Series "The Fig Tree" with Doris Roberts and Teresa Wright, and gained attention in Peter Benchley’s Columbia Broadcasting System prime time pilot ""Dolphin Cove"" as Katie Larson.
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, 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.
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. lieutenant was adapted for the screen by Arthur Miller, from his play, directed by Nicholas Hytner and produced by Robert Miller and David V. Picker.
Other film and television appearances include National Broadcasting Company’s "Law & Order", Columbia Broadcasting System’s "Guiding Light", United States of America’s "Monk", "The Good Shepherd (film)" directed by Robert DeNiro, starring Matt Damon and Billy Crudup, "5 Wishes (2008)" directed by and co-starring Michael Goorjian, Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s "Late Phases", and "She Dreams of Fireflies" (announced 2015). Karron’s stage credits include Broadway, Office-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.
She starred opposite James Whitmore in "Trying" (2006) at Ford’s Theatre, and again opposite James Whitmore for the 70th Anniversary celebration of "Our Town" (2008) in Peterborough, New Hampshire, the birthplace of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. She starred Office-Broadway in "The Philanderer" (2012) at the New York City Center with the Pearl Theatre (New York City), and appeared in the NYTimes Critics’ Pick "Two Point Oh" (2013) at 59E59. At Yale, Karron originated the roles of Dora Hand in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s "The Muckle Manitoba", 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"
Foreign 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.
In tandem with her performance credits, she teaches acting at New York University Tisch and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
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