In 2013, The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF)’s fourteenth season featured a slate of full-length plays and musicals, as well as Short Subjects.
Sophia Romma's "The Past Is Still Ahead" was part of the line-up. Although Ms. Bodner had passed away suddenly in August of 2011 from breast cancer at the tender age of 43, her set and scenic design won first prize for best set design at the MITF yet again. https://www.theateronline.com/pb.xzc?PK=42425. In 2015, the NYU Alumni Club of Long Island and its President, Dr. Romma, honored the late Inna Bodner with the following event, albeit Dr. Romma's play, "That Queer Blind Silence" was abruptly pulled for presenting politically controversial content as she advocated for fundamental rights for all minorities on the global front. The event invitation from New York University read as follows:
| Ukrainian Art and Theater Exhibition and Catered Reception |
| Join the NYU Alumni Club in Long Island for this exciting evening of art and theater with a catered Ukrainian food and champagne reception near Union Square. Sunday, August 09, 2015 4:30 PM–9:00 PM 13th Street Repertory Company 50 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011 Tickets: $20 Adults, $16 Students, $14 for Seniors 10% of all proceeds will go towards the fight to achieve LGBTQ rights to equal life and freedom of expression in Russia. |
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| From 4:30 PM–6:30 PM, we'll begin our evening with an art exhibition of Ukrainian artist Inna Bodner's work, and enjoy Uzbek and Ukrainian cuisine and champagne. At 7:00 PM, we'll gather for a performance of "That Queer Blind Silence," which "dramatizes the delusional psychopathology in the repression of the LGBTQ community in Russia." For questions about this event, please email us.alumni@nyu.edu. |
In February of 2016, the13th Street Repertory Theatre presented a Staged Reading of Sophia Romma's play, "The Blacklist" followed by an homage to Ms. Bodner and her inspiring artwork and bold apocalyptic scenic/set design. The exhibition was entitled Ukrainian Guardians of Feminist Avant-garde: Artwork by Inna Bodner.
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Also in February, Salon Radio and its host, international art curator, Heidi Russell, released the following in homage of Inna Bodner and her work in the theatre:
Salon Radio 02-18-16: Special feature honoring Visual and Theatre Artist Inna Bodner with Sophia Romma and her cast of her play The Blacklist, exhibition and staged reading tomorrow Feb 19th @ 13th Street Repertory Theatre (50 W 13th Street, NYC) 7:15 pm reception for Inna's exhibition and 8pm reading all free; Salon Solo {Radio} guest Rasa Vitalia, dance performer/vocalist/songwriter/performance artist (www.rasaviyalia.com); Host Maureen Van Trease; World Bulletin by Candi Sterling; Presenter IWAS founder and producer Heidi Russell; all shows on demand at www.cityworldradio.com.