WHO IS ADIAGHA FAIZAH?

​(pronounced: ahh - dee - ahh - ga / fa - ee - zah)

As an intense, unapologetic dramatic actor with fluid and easily accessible emotional sensitivities equipped with comedic timing, this Barrymore Award winning actress delivers. Adiagha's theatrical skills were nurtured at St. Paul Community Baptist Church in East New York. She later received formal training through The Studio Act, Rebel Theater, The Susan Batson Studio, The Negro Ensemble Company and The Barrow Acting School. 

Adiagha is the Visionary Founder of TheBlackHERthePen™, a multidisciplinary writers collective for women of color, comprised of newly developing, emerging, and seasoned literary voices dedicated to furthering their personal writing practice.

Through their NYC-based community arts work, the collective became the recipient of the City Artist Corps grant, in partnership with the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA). Her first creative work as a playwright, "Basic Black",  has been featured by Strand Theater Company (funded by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts), produced by Manhattan Repertory Theatre and MooorethanEnuff Media, Inc. and later selected by Classical Theater of Harlem for their Playwright’s Playground Series.

Adiagha was the lead voice over narrator for the FDR Presidential Library and Museum's animated film, "Everyone Has the Right" (an official selection of the New York Animation Film Awards) and audiobook, "Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World" (Hachette Book Group).
As a trained vocalist, this Brooklyn native's sultry, yet dynamic contralto spans a variety of music genres, such as gospel, blues, and jazz. As an alum of Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. of Performing Arts, Adiagha was awarded the Michael Masser Scholarship honoring Whitney Houston, selected as an ensemble vocalist for the concert special, Fantasy: Mariah Carey at Square Garden, and has performed alongside several renowned musicians in the industry. 

Adiagha's ultimate goal is to empower, inspire, and to create multi-platforms that will provide limitless opportunities for women of color within the performance arts community.