John Hardy is an Associate Artist with The Barter Theatre.
He has been working around the country as a playwright,
actor, director for over thirty years.
Over the course of
his career John has directed over one hundred professional
productions including MACBETH, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM,
ROMEO AND JULIET, HENRY V, JULIUS CAESAR, ONE FLEW OVER
THE CUCKOO'S NEST, TARTUFFE, OEDIPUS THE KING, MAN OF LA
MANCHA and others. As an actor John has played many of
the great roles including Hamlet, MacBeth, Tom Wingfield
in THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Oberon in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM, Teach in AMERICAN BUFFALO and many others. John has
recently returned from a national tour, playing George in
OF MICE AND MEN. As an playwright he has had over forty
productions of fifteen plays produced across the country
and overseas.
John recently received the Sara Spencer
Award, for lifetime achievement, from the Southeastern
Theatre Conference.
M.F.A.: The University of Alabama;
Ph.D.: Texas Tech University.
