Denise Diggs

Denise Diggs has acted professionally for decades. She played MaMa Moja in the play “In The Red and Brown Water” by Terell McCraney at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. Other theatre credits include performances at Center Stage, Everyman Theatre, Actor’s Ensemble, The Baltimore Shakespeare Theatre, Olney Theatre, Arena Stage (D.C.), Round House Theatre, Theatre of the First Amendment, and the La Jolla Theatre in San Diego. Diggs received the 1998 Maryland Arts Council Individual Artist Award for her work as an actor, teacher, and promoter of various arts programs throughout Maryland. Her one-person show on Winnie Mandela, which she wrote and performed at the Theatre Project, also contributed to this prestigious award. Diggs has had the honor of teaching voice and speech at the Baltimore School for the Arts since 1981. She has also taught acting in their TWIGS program and was the coordinator of several outreach programs. She is presently teaching voice and acting at the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory (DC), voice with acting emphasis at Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DC), and is the private instructor for various professionals throughout the Baltimore/Washington area. Her television credits include recurring roles on the Emmy Award-winning Homicide: Life on the Streets, The Corner, and most recently, The Wire. Diggs studied Theatre Arts at Towson University and the Shakespeare Theatre in DC.