The story behind Hymny (Hymns, trans. NS), directed by Smolar and starring students from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, is an incredible one. When Smolar started working with the soon-to-be graduates, one of the actresses, Weronika Bochat-Piotrowska, was expecting a child. As the director said, the emotional ties within the group were so strong that the anticipation was shared by all of the young actors. Ultimately, Smolar and the students decided to use the situation as their main source of inspiration and make a piece about a new human being arriving into the world. Bochat-Piotrowska's newly born daughter, Stefania, took part in the performance. Smolar said in an interview for Dwutygodnik:
The first thing any mother trying to combine motherhood and work does is to make sure nobody is bothered by the baby. She compromises and handles convoluted logistics, trying to be fully dependable and self-sufficient. I thought: why succumb to this impulse? Let's put the baby in the spotlight instead.
The libretto was written by Natalia Fiedorczuk, the author of the raw, unfiltered novel Jak Pokochać Centra Handlowe (How to Start Loving Malls, trans. NS) describing becoming a mother. Maciej Cieślak was responsible for the music to Hymny.
In October 2020, Smolar staged Édouard Louis's The End of Eddy in Studio Theatre in Warsaw. In her review for Culture.pl, Marcelina Obarska called the piece a 'post-adaptation' that drifts away from the novel's original plot and emphases – often unsuccessfully.