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From humble beginnings as a boy in Lesotho to a multi-award winning actor, director, producer and businessman. Jerry Mofokeng has risen to become one of South Africa’s most respected artists.
After attending Orlando West High School, he joined a Christian group, Youth Alive Ministries, in Soweto in the 70’s at the age of 22, where he started writing, acting and directing plays. During the turbulent years of student unrest, Jerry acted in community theatre.
In 1983 after two years of marriage and the birth of his first child, Jerry enrolled at Wits University where he gained his BA Dramatic Arts. After being awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Columbia University in New York (1987 - 1991), Jerry obtained an MFA in Theatre Administration/ Directing in 1990.
He went on to become Resident Director at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg from 1992 to 1993, and in 1995 he moved on to become Associate Artistic Director at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre. Read more...
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