[1] Originally from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,[2] Vingoe studied theatre at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

[5] Vingoe co-founded Toronto's Nightwood Theatre in 1979 with Cynthia Grant, Kim Renders, and Maureen White.

[7] The position was created to fulfill the same responsibilities as an artistic director but with a title that better suited Nightwood's origins as a collective.

[8] Vingoe helped to collectively create works with other Nightwood collaborators, including 1979's The True Story of Ida Johnson and 1981's The Yellow Wallpaper.

[9][10] She acted in shows such as The Yellow Wallpaper (1981) and Pope Joan (1984).Vingoe also directed several plays while working with Nightwood, including Love and Work Enough (1984), Sally Clark's St. Francis of Hollywood (1987), Margaret Hollingsworth's War Babies (1985 and 1987), and The Herring Gull's Egg (1987), which she also wrote.

[13] With Ship's Company, Vingoe has directed several plays including Wendy Lill's The Glace Bay Miner's Museum.

[14] In 1993, Vingoe co-founded Eastern Front Theatre in Halifax with Wendi Lill and Gay Hauser.

[16] In 2010, Vingoe directed the world premiere of Colleen Wagner's play Home at the Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax.

[25] Vingoe wrote the play Some Blow Flutes and directed its 2018 premiere at the Bus Stop Theatre.

[27] She ran as the NDP candidate for Dartmouth South in the Nova Scotia provincial election but lost with 33.3% of the vote.

The play uses text from the diaries of Isadora Duncan, Edward Gordon Craig, Sergei Esenin, Kathleen Bruce, and Robert Falcon Scott.

[32] In November 1987, Vingoe directed the premiere of her play The Herring Gull's Egg with Nightwood Theatre as part of the 3rd Groundswell Festival.