Olha Murashko was born in 1981 in Crimea. In 1999, she entered the Karpenko-Kary National University of Theater, Cinema and Television in Kyiv, graduating in 2004 with a degree in professional theater criticism. She became the head dramaturg in the drama department of the National Operetta Theater and later managed the drama department of the Kyiv Atelier 16 theater.

She worked at the Les Kurbas National Theater Arts Center, and as an editor and screenwriter for various Ukrainian TV channels. She wrote her first play in 2007 for an actor friend. It was a monodrama called Peninsula, which was followed by the play Success, shortlisted at the Contemporary Drama Week festival. This play was published in Motanka, an anthology of women’s drama that was edited by the famous Ukrainian playwright Yaroslav Vereshchak. In 2021 she wrote The U-Turn Intersection about her homeland of Crimea. This play was shortlisted at the July Honey play competition. She wrote a documentary text, Look Mom, a Plane! about herself and her daughter, who, together, survived the aerial bombardment of the Russian invaders in her village of Piskivka near Borodyanka in March 2022.

Olha was instrumental in helping to build the important Theater of Playwrights in Kyiv, where she wore many official hats, including those of the venue’s administrator, construction foreman, architect, and janitor. She is currently associated with the Theater of Veterans (ToV). She wrote 21 Days in 2025 as a participant in ToV’s educational program. It subsequently received staged readings at the Molodyi Theater in Kyiv, the small stage of the Ivan Franko National Theater, the Nafta Theater in Kharkiv, and the Maria Zankovetska National Theater in Lviv. It was shortlisted for the Contemporary Play Week competition in 2025. 21 Days premiered in a full production at the Theater of Veterans in February 2026.