How I Got Over

"Can telling your story save your life?"

HOW I GOT OVER follows 15 formerly homeless women as they craft an original play, based on their harrowing true-life stories, to be performed one-night-only at The Kennedy Center. The women of N Street Village - a community for addiction recovery - have never performed on stage in their lives. Yet, guided by teachers from the Theater Lab School of the Dramatic Arts, they discover their untapped artistic talents and reckon with their traumatic histories. Courage is found; a leap of faith is taken. Sharing their pasts to release the potential in their futures, these 15 emboldened women take the stage in front of a packed house, illuminating the transformative power of arts education.

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Little Crushes

Little Crushes

2014

Despair

Despair

2010

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

Speechless

Speechless

2015

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

1988

The Lanzac Clan

The Lanzac Clan

2013

The Short History of the Long Road

The Short History of the Long Road

2019

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

1992

Carolina

Carolina

2003

Money

Money

1989

Across the Universe

Across the Universe

2007

Woman Undone

Woman Undone

1996

End of Summer

End of Summer

1997

Cesar's Last Fast

2014

E-Team

E-Team

2014

Fed Up

Fed Up

2014

Rich Hill

Rich Hill

2014

Watchers of the Sky

Watchers of the Sky

2014

Eager

2014