Life Story Matthew Hardy was born in the deep South. When Matthew first learned to crawl he immediately set North for New York, but due to a defective sense of direction, which he inherited from his Mother, Matthew ended up in Texas. Fortunately Matthew’s parents caught up with him before he crawled into the Gulf of Mexico and tied him to a post in Houston to keep him from wandering off. Matthew stayed tied to that post for most of his formative years before heading off to attend college in Utah. It was during his stay in Utah that Matthew recalled his primal urge to crawl to New York City. Matthew set off immediately for New York, but once again his defective sense of direction led Matthew to the West coast where he boarded a cruise ship and sailed around the world for a year and a half before arriving in New York in February of 2002. Cabaret Matthew began singing cabaret in the piano bars aboard the MS Crystal Symphony and MS Crystal Harmony while working as an entertainer in the main stage production shows. One month after Matthew arrived in New York he premiered his own cabaret act “Songs for the Dysfunctional” at Danny’s Skylight Room. Matthew is continually seeking out dysfunctional tunes to add to his act. The second installment of “Songs for the Dysfunctional” focuses on relationships and premiered at Judy’s Chelsea in July of 2002. Matthew is currently working on the third installment of the show and hopes to present "Songs for the Dysfunctional" as an evening length work in the Fall of 2003. Theatre Matthew began his theatrical training at the Alley Theatre’s Children’s program in Houston Texas. Although Theatre was never his official major, Matthew continued to perform throughout High school and College. Matthew has performed at Sundance Summer Theatre (Utah), Busch Gardens (Virginia), and with Crystal Cruises (Everywhere). He recently completed a six month run with the national tour of “Fosse”. Dance Matthew began dancing at Brigham Young University, first in Theatre Department Productions, then in the Dance Department with “BYU Theatre Ballet”, and finally with BYU’s modern dance groups “Dance Ensemble” and the touring “Dancers’ Co.” Matthew choreographed for both groups, the latter taking a piece he directed to Lincoln Center where it received top honors at the National level of the American Collegiate Dance Festival. Matthew went on to earn a Master’s degree in choreography at the University of Utah where he also danced with the University’s “Performing Dance Company” performing works by Lar Lubovitch, Molissa Fenley, and Steven Koester among others. Design After earning his BFA from Brigham Young University’s rigorous Graphic Design Program, Matthew began working as a Designer but quickly grew tired of the hours spent in front of the computer screen. Matthew currently designs all of his own publications and works on free lance projects when time permits.