A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE
A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE
Stage Play
· Drama · 89 pages
Faced with an existential crossroads, brilliant math student Jay quits his program to visit his unwell mother and travel. However, when a strange old man appears and claims to know things about Jay's mother's past that Jay was never aware of, a home visit becomes an investigation into Jay's family history. A dramedy about a personal price of doing s...
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Written by
Janna Jilnina
1 Accolade
Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist,
ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition 2025
1 Writer
Madison, Wisconsin
I was born in the Soviet Russia. Got a B.A. in Playwriting from Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow (Russian Yale, an excellent school). Then worked as a dramaturg and a creative writing teacher at a children's theater. Immigrated to the US knowing I'd have to learn to write in English. Got a Master's degree in psychology from Harvard and spent years...
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