Karron Graves is an American actress and teacher. She may be best known for playing Mary Warren in the 1996 screen adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
Personal life and education
editGraves was born on November 30, 1973, in Janesville, Wisconsin, and spent her childhood in both Sarasota, Florida, and New York City. As a young child, Karron was a competitive swimmer and a 2-time Junior Olympics competitor.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University[2] and her Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.[3]
She lives in New York with her husband, Rolando Briceno, a teacher and school administrator;[4][5] as of 2015 they had two children, daughter Jackie Jo and son Jude.[6]
Childhood career
editOn stage, she originated the role of Clara in the 1987 world premiere of Arthur Miller’s Danger:Memory! at Lincoln Center Theater, directed by Gregory Mosher.[7] Other early stage roles included Ginya in Leslie Ayvazian’s Nine Armenians at Manhattan Theatre Club.[8]
She made her television debut on Saturday Night Live in 1986 as "The Girl Scout" opposite Phil Hartman.[9] In 1987, she played the lead role of orphan girl Miranda, in the PBS television movie The Fig Tree,[10] and appeared in the main cast of the short lived 1989 series Dolphin Cove, as Katie Larson, the teenage daughter of the character played by series lead Frank Converse.[11]
Stage, Film, and Television Roles
editGraves may be best known for playing Mary Warren, a girl accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, as shown in the 1996 film The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder; a review in People cited Graves for her "quietly moving performance".[12] Other television appearances include episodes of NBC’s Law & Order,[13] CBS’s Guiding Light and USA’s Monk,[13] while film appearances include The Good Shepherd, the video short 5 Wishes,[14] and Late Phases.[15]
Graves' stage credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Regional Theatre productions. While 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 the Mississippi[16] She received paid training with the SITI Company to star in the 2005 world premiere of Intimations for Saxophone, directed by Anne Bogart at Arena Stage,[17] and she starred opposite James Whitmore in both 2006's Trying at Ford’s Theatre and the 70th Anniversary Celebration of Our Town in 2008.[18][19] Graves also played Isobel Ashbrook on Broadway in Helen Edmundson's 2007 Tony Award-nominated Coram Boy, directed by Melly Still,[20] and in 2012 starred Off-Broadway in The Philanderer at the New York City Center with the Pearl Theatre.[21] In 2013 she appeared in the NYTimes Critics’ Pick Two Point Oh at 59E59.[22]
In 2015, Graves won the New Hampshire Theater Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Alice Maitland in The Peterborough Players' production of The Voysey Inheritance.[23]
For the 2015-2016 season at the Roundabout Theatre Company, Karron played Mamie Gummer’s sister in the world premiere of Lindsey Ferrentino’s Ugly Lies the Bone, directed by Patricia McGregor.[24][25]
Teacher
editAs of 2015, Graves teaches acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.[26]
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Tomlinson, Brett (December 5, 2007). "Stop the presses | Princeton Alumni Weekly". Blogs.princeton.edu. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Yale Bulletin and Calendar". Yale.edu. October 18, 2002. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Rolando Briceno". Twitter. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ Herzenberg, Michael (March 25, 2021). "Small Landlords Say Tenants Not Paying Rent Forces Them To Forgo Needed Medication, Drain Life Savings". NY1. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
...said small landlord Karron Graves-Briceño... an actress and teacher...
- ^ "Alumni Notes". Yale School of Drama Annual Magazine 2015. Yale School of Drama. 2015. p. 104. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Karron Graves '03... husband Rolando Briceno... daughter... son...
- ^ Rich, Frank (February 9, 1987). "The Stage - Arthur Miller'S 'Danger - Memory!'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Nine Armenians | New York Public Library | BiblioCommons". Nypl-adults-2013.bibliocommons.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Karron Graves-Release Lounge". Releaselounge.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (October 10, 1987). "Tv - 'Fig Tree' On 'Wonderworks'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Television Reviews : 'Dolphin Cove' Makes Splashy Bow on CBS - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. January 21, 1989. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Gliatto, Tom; Novak, Ralph; Baker, Ken (December 2, 1996). "Picks and Pans Review: The Crucible". People. Vol. 46, no. 23. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ a b "Karron Graves : Actress - Films, episodes and roles on". Digiguide.tv. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Hendricks, Gay. "Five Wishes Video". 5wishesbook.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Late Phases (Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2014) Review | ...Get it? Because I'm A Superhero Who Writes Reviews!". Thycriticman.com. October 26, 2014. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto (2009). The Muckle Man - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Dramatists Play Service. ISBN 9780822223337. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Arena's 'Saxophone': A Very Slender Reed". washingtonpost.com. January 31, 2005. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "'Trying' at Ford's: Compelling History, Through Whitmore's Good Offices". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "NHTA 7 Top 5 Professional". NH Theatre Awards. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Orphans' Tale: Coram Boy Arrives on Broadway April 16". Playbill.com. April 16, 2007. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Gold, Daniel M. (January 31, 2012). "Reviews : The Philanderer from the Pearl Theater Company". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Webster, Andy (October 14, 2013). "Reviews : Twp Point Oh Starring Jack Noseworthy as an Avatar". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Peterborough Players actress named 'Best Actress' by 2014 NH Theater Awards". sentinelsource.com. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ "Mamie Gummer, Karron Graves, Caitlin O'Connell, Chris Stack & Haynes Thigpen Set to Lead Roundabout's UGLY LIES THE BONE". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Review: Ugly Lies the Bone with Mamie Gummer as a Combat Veteran". The New York Times. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Acting Faculty | AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts". Amda.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
