Joseph A Hardy

I will forever be grateful to Joe Hardy for casting me in his production of "Night of the Iguana" at the Amanson Theatre in LA. It became a life and career changing experience for me. My respect and love for Joe Hardy will be forever.
Susan Lanier

I adored Joe Hardy. He directed me in Ayckbourn plays at the Old Globe and a few readings in NY, but we eventually lost touch the way theatre people do--remaining fond of each other. During BEDROOM FARCE rehearsals in San Diego, my beloved kitty Puddin ran away. For weeks. I was absolutely inconsolable. One of the actors organized a prayer circle, we lit candles for Puddin's safe return, we cried, we hugged--but Joe brought us back to earth. "Face it, Charlotte", Joe said. "Puddin has obviously found someone he prefers." Oh, Joe. Brilliant, wry, wickedly funny, and dear. RIP.

Watching him in Macbeth as MacDuff at Ilfeld Auditorium in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He would have been 19 at the time; I was 7.