Daveed Diggs is an American actor, rapper, singer and songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping and in 2015 originated the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton, for which he won both a Grammy Award and Tony Award. Since leaving Hamilton in 2016, he has had a recurring role on the television series Black-ish, and co-starred in the film Wonder. Diggs also wrote, produced and starred in the 2018 film Blindspotting, which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. National tours: Word Becomes Flesh. Regional: In the Red and Brown Water, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, Mirrors in Every Corner. Albums: CLPPNG (Sub Pop Records) and Midcity with Clipping; Small Things to a Giant.
See Daveed Diggs in the recording of our 2020/2021 Season Announcement Party here.
Past San Francisco Playhouse Productions:
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
A Behanding in Spokane