Artist Profiles
Chaon Cross
Chaon Cross made her Steppenwolf debut in 2004's Cherry Orchard. Other Chicago credits include Proof, Uncle Vanya, The Glass Menagerie, Scapin, The Romance Cycle, Phedre (Court Theatre Cyrano (Court Theatre and Redmoon Theater); As You Like It, Private Lives, Cymbeline, Troilus and Cressida, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Macbeth (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Brothers Karamazov (Lookingglass Theatre Company); and Grace (Northlight Theatre). Regional credits include Lady Windermere’s Fan (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) and Pride and Prejudice (The Cleveland Play House). She has also appeared in productions with Frump Tucker, Shattered Globe, TimeLine Theatre Company, Theatre at the Center, First Folio Shakespeare Festival and TheatreHikes. Television and film credits include Chicago Fire, Detroit 187, The Boss and My Dog Skip. Before moving to Chicago,Chaon toured the US and Canada for two years with the American Shakespeare Center.