Daveed Diggs of The Getback

DAVEED DIGGS
Daveed Diggs is an actor, educator, composer, rap and spoken word artist who graduated with a degree in Theater Arts from Brown University in 2004. He has many California and regional credits including most recently Pacific Rep Theater's Troilus and Cressida (Troilus) and A Comedy of Errors (Duke), The SF Playhouse Six Degrees of Separation (Paul) and Jesus Hopped the A Train (Angel). Diggs also teaches Rap and Spoken word classes at James Lick Middle School and at the Marsh Youth Theater and gives workshops throughout the Bay Area, New York City, and New Jersey. He has been a teacher in residence with the Arts Literacy Program in Providence, Rhode Island and a teaching artist for the national youth spoken word organization Youth Speaks.
As a writer, Diggs has written several plays in verse including: Sweeter Than, a play based on the writings of Harlem Renaissance poet Jean Toomer, which was produced by Rites an Reasons theater in Rhode Island; Big Shoes, a solo performance piece; and He is currently co-writing and performing in a new play for the Living Word Festival called The One Drop Rule which will be directed by acclaimed artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. In the New York Area you can see Diggs perform as a new member of The improvisational theater/rap event Freestyle Love Supreme. Catch him in San Francisco with the similarly designed Improvisational music/super-hero squadron The Freeze.
WHAT IS THE GETBACK?
The Getback is a collective of artists from the Bay Area, CA, dedicated to good music. good art. anti-sucking at art. Pushing forward in 2009 by frontman MC's Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal, The Getback continues with Casal's THE MONSTER LP, now available for download on this very site. Following soon after is Getbacker Daveed Diggs's solo LP. Other than that, The Getback is big on proof in pudding - so browse their site THE GETBLOG and get a sense of what we are about. www.getbacknews.com
Daveed Diggs & The Getback - "Get it Started"LIVE @ Pier 23 (2008)
Daveed Diggs - "Give the band a break" LIVE @ Pier 23 (2008)
Daveed Diggs - "Jesus Hopped the A-Train" SF PLAYHOUSE
Daveed Diggs - "6 Degrees of Separation" SF PLAYHOUSE