Press
“Penny’s inner and outer conflicts are portrayed with sullen perfection by Jennifer Harder, who makes Penny’s dissatisfaction with life enjoyably palpable.”
Dana Lang, Off-Off Online review of The Chalk Boy, Autumn ‘08
“Harder is especially heartbreaking as the tormented Penny, a girl who finds hope only through her fantasies, which tragically seem even more pathetic than her real life.”
Joseph Pisano, EDGE Magazine review of The Chalk Boy, Autumn ‘08
“Jennifer Harder is the standout as Penny. She has this character nailed, and she is almost constantly invoking laughter, even in Penny's darkest moments.”
Amber Gallery, nytheatre.com review of The Chalk Boy, Autumn ‘08
“Penny Lauder (Jennifer Harder) is perhaps the most complete character in the play… She sees herself as either unlucky, unredeemable, or just plain unlovable, destined to follow in the footsteps of her trailer-trash mother who also had a teen pregnancy.”
Ethan Stanislawski, Blogcritics Magazine review of The Chalk Boy, Autumn ‘08
“At the heart of The Chalk Boy is Jennifer Harder’s Penny, a prematurely weathered young woman who convinces herself she’s in love with a boy who’s gone missing. By imbuing Penny with a soft edge of world-weariness — she’s not so much alienated as she is disappointed — Harder helps keep the production rooted in the specific; the other actors seem to key off her efforts.”
Glen Weldon, Washington City Paper review of The Chalk Boy in Capital Fringe ‘08
“Jennifer Harder gave a wondrous performance as a petulant small town girl”
Bob Anthony, allartsreview4u.com review of The Chalk Boy in Capital Fringe ‘08
“Jennifer Harder is hilarious as Wendy, the pretentious actress who saves her best performances in making men think she’s interested in them, with a vivacious toss of the head and a backwards lift of her left leg.”
Peter Filichia, Star-Ledger review of Aloha, Say The Pretty Girls, Summer ‘05
“The actors have to dig deep into the bare-bones poetry of the text to find moments that are human, pathetic, and funny… Jennifer Harder has some hilarious moments as Victor and Maria's mother, Malka.”
Nicholas Seely, Off-Off Online review of This Jungle of Cities, Autumn ‘04
