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About
Inge is a South African actor and theatre maker. She has been active in the theatre industry since 2016. Highlights include roles in My Children! My Africa! (dir. Mahlatsi Mokgonyana) and Tweespoor (dir. Juanita Swanepoel) which Inge adapted from the Afrikaans short prose text of the same title by Helena Gunter. She founded private production company Calaringe Productions to produce and manage the project. On debut at the Woordfees festival, Tweespoor received nominations for best theatre production, best director (Juanita Swanepoel), best emerging artist (Inge), and Nicole Holm took home the award for best female lead. The project went on to play at various festivals across South Africa supported by NATi.
Aside from acting and producing, Inge also steps into teaching and directing roles. Upon graduating she completed a yearlong teaching fellowship at NYU, assisting in training second year actors. Her directing credits include Romeo & Juliet at the Alchemical Theatre, NYC; Crawford International Pretoria’s adaptation of Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home that was awarded best direction at FEDA 2024, and Calaringe’s production of A Girl Called Owl by Jon Keevy.
She holds a BFA with honors in theatre from New York University and is currently pursuing an MA Theatre Lab at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.