Karron Graves

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.

Karron Graves on the High Line in Manhattan (2015)

Personal life and education

Graves 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

On 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

Graves 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

As of 2015, Graves teaches acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.^[26]

References

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5. 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...
6. "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...
7. Rich, Frank (February 9, 1987). "The Stage - Arthur Miller'S 'Danger - Memory!'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
8. "Nine Armenians | New York Public Library | BiblioCommons". Nypl-adults-2013.bibliocommons.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.^{[dead link]}
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11. "Television Reviews : 'Dolphin Cove' Makes Splashy Bow on CBS - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. January 21, 1989. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
12. Gliatto, Tom; Novak, Ralph; Baker, Ken (December 2, 1996). . People. Vol. 46, no. 23. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
13. "Karron Graves : Actress - Films, episodes and roles on". Digiguide.tv. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
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17. "Arena's 'Saxophone': A Very Slender Reed". washingtonpost.com. January 31, 2005. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
18. "'Trying' at Ford's: Compelling History, Through Whitmore's Good Offices". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
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20. . Playbill.com. April 16, 2007. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
21. Gold, Daniel M. (January 31, 2012). "Reviews : The Philanderer from the Pearl Theater Company". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
22. Webster, Andy (October 14, 2013). "Reviews : Twp Point Oh Starring Jack Noseworthy as an Avatar". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
23. "Peterborough Players actress named 'Best Actress' by 2014 NH Theater Awards". sentinelsource.com. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
24. "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.
25. "Review: Ugly Lies the Bone with Mamie Gummer as a Combat Veteran". The New York Times. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
26. . Amda.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

External links

• Karron Graves at IMDb  
• Karron Graves at the Internet Broadway Database  
• Karron Graves at the Internet Off-Broadway Database