Karron Graves

Karron Graves was born in Janesville, WI, and grew up in Sarasota, FL, and New York City. She was a competitive swimmer in FL and a 2-time Junior Olympics competitor. In NYC, she attended the Professional Children's School and LaGuardia H. S. of Performing Arts. She holds an AB from Princeton University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. 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, starred in the PBS/Wonderworks Series "The Fig Tree" (1987) with Doris Roberts and Teresa Wright, and gained attention in Peter Benchley's CBS prime time pilot "Dolphin Cove" (1989) 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 Marybeth Piel as Elsa, and assumed the role of Ginya in Leslie Ayvazian's "Nine Armenians" (1996) 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. 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.

Class of 1999 graduate of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

In 2000, she entered the Yale School of Drama and got her MFA in 2003. At Yale, she 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 on the mississippi. . . . "Continued stage credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional Theatre.

Taught musical theater at the Center for Creative Youth summer arts program at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 2001.

Received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama (2003).

She received paid training with the SITI Company to star in their 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, NH, the birthplace of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Other film and television appearances include NBC's "Law & Order," CBS's "Guiding Light," USA's "Monk," "The Good Shepherd" (2006) 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" (2014), and "She Dreams of Fireflies" (announced 2015), written by Monique Rosario.

Karron played Isobel Ashbrook on Broadway in the Tony-nominated "Coram Boy" (2007) directed by Melly Still.

She starred Off-Broadway in "The Philanderer" (2012) at the New York City Center with the Pearl Theatre Company, and appeared in the NYTimes Critics' Pick "Two Point Oh" (2013) at 59E59.