I am a recent M.F.A graduate from the University of Louisville African American Theatre Arts programs. I am originally from Fayetteville, NC, and currently live in Sandy Springs, Georgia. I strive to represent my true black experience on the stage and encourage others to do the same to show a community and not a cultural mask to be "seen."

Height: 6 ft 1

Hair Color: Black

Eyes Color: Brown

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamar-alonzo-hardy-58b487121

About Me

Educational Experience

University of Louisville MFA Theatre Arts, African American Theatre Programs, 2022

Degree: Master of Fine Arts, African-American Theatre Certificate

Thesis: Contemporary Blackface Theatre: Exploring Split Second From An Authentic Black Lens to Combat White Stereotypes

Link:https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/3875/

Winston-Salem State University, 2019

Degree: Mass Communications, minor Dramatic Arts

Training

Acting/Voice/Alexander Technique/Dialect Training- Professor Rachel Carter.

Yoga/Movement/Grotowski/Laban/Intimacy-Dr. Ari Calvano.

Ballet/Modern Dance/Devising-Professor Sidney Monroe Williams.

Shakespeare-Jennifer Pennington.

Meisner/Uta Hagen/Stella Adler- Dr. Baron Kelly.

Teaching Pedagogy- Professor Rachel Carter

Teaching Artist

Directing

Afromemory, Assistant Director, Nov 2021-Feb2022

Focused on giving actors direction toward warm-ups and acting critiques for their performance.

The Ultimate Field Trip, KCACTF REGION IV, Feb 2019-Feb 2019

Gave actors direction to perform a staged reading before the 10-minute play festival at KCACTF Region IV.

Teaching

Department of Theatre Arts, University of Louisville

Graduate Instructor of Record, 2020-2022

Class Taught: Intro to Acting as Communication

Course Taught to: Undergraduates

Description:

Prepared and taught undergraduates a fundamental course for contemporary acting.

Utilized theatre games, warm-ups, group projects, monologues, scene work, and job interview style situations.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2019-2020

Assistant to: Geoffrey Nelson

Course: Enjoyment of Theatre

Class Taught to Undergraduates

Description: Recorded grades, and attendance, and helped grade tests, quizzes and papers.

Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oct 2021-Oct 2021

Taught children and teens the basics of acting for three weeks.

Age Group:13-17

Related Theatre Teaching Experience

Kentucky Shakespeare Summer Camp, Jun 2021-Jul 2021

Coaching

Broadway Lessons

Jan 1st-2023- Present. Monday-Sunday Online Classes

I teach beginning actors or actors who are in business text analysis, finding representation, booking jobs, character movement, monologues, and one-one online.

Actors Center for Training, May 2021-Sep 2021

Coached children, teens, and adults in the fundamentals of acting, scene work, and other acting techniques.

Taught three different groups of children about the basics of Shakespeare performance and directed them in Romeo and Juliet.

Age Group: 7-10

StageOne Theatre Summer Camp, Jul 2020-Jul 2020

Taught one age group of children how to create short films, commercials, and games. In the second group, I taught basic performance through Marvel characters.

Age Group: 7-11

Art Series Camp, Jul 2019-Jul 2019

Taught teenagers how to create YouTube channels and short films.

Age Group: 12-15