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LENA LAGUSHONKOVA

Lena Lagushonkova was born in the village of Stanitsa Luganska in Ukraine, and she graduated from the history department of Taras Shevchenko National University in Luhanska. She debuted as a playwright in 2018 with the play BAZA, about women and prostitution. She is the playwright-in-residence at the Vasylko Theater in Odesa. Her short plays have been presented at numerous festivals, including Ukrainian Contemporary Play Week, Drama.UA, and Aurora.