Hackett worked with these groups, as well as later with the extramural department of the University College of the West Indies, once it was established, as a producer and organizer of these workshops.

When one of her students forgot the lines in a rehearsal and improvised using the local dialect, Hackett approached the headmistress and was granted approval to use Creole.

[3] Writing pantomimes and staging the productions for the Festival Choir,[1] she acted as the business manager of the organisation,[6] taking them on tours to other Caribbean countries, such as Dominica and Guyana.

Hackett was awarded the Silver Service Star of the Order of Barbados in 1985, after having served over thirty years in developing theatre in the country.

[10] Annually, during the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts, the top honor in dramatic performance is given the Daphne Joseph-Hackett Award For Excellence in Drama.