Artist Profiles

Kona N. Burks

Kona N. Burks (Ensemble) is excited to work at Steppenwolf Theatre Company once again, where she last understudied for Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ production of How Long Will I Cry? Other Chicago credits include Heaven, How I Got Here (Provision Theater); Good People (Redtwist Theatre); Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (Prologue Theatre Company at Steppenwolf’s Garage Rep); Small (Open Door Repertory Company); Intimate Apparel, Crumbs From The Table of Joy (Illinois Theatre Center); Levi James, The Trip, and A Fool Such As I (eta Creative Arts Foundation). Kona is a member of SAG-AFTRA. She attended The School at Steppenwolf in 2012, holds a B. A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her M.A. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Member Profiles

Kona N. Burks