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Winner!2007 Performing Arts Award from the National Council on Alcohol and Drug DependenceWinner! 2010 Best Play - Regional Drama Festival, British Columbia
Samuel Shem and Janet SurreyFull Length, Drama 3 m, 3 f (w/doubling) Unit set.
Newly revised edition! From the author of the best-selling novel, The House of God, this critically acclaimed version which played Off-Broadway in 2007, tells the amazing story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, and of their wives, who founded Al Anon. During the roaring '20s, New York stockbroker Bill Wilson rides high on money, fame, and booze. In '29, both he and the market crash and he becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon in Akron, Ohio, and a pillar of the community, has been a secret drunk for thirty years, often going into the operating room hungover and high on sedatives. His family has tried everything to no avail. Through an astonishing series of events involving doctors, ministers, the Oxford Group evangelical movement, and Henrietta Sieberling a scion of the Goodyear Rubber fortune, Bill and Bob meet on Mother's Day of 1935. The two men form a relationship which keeps each sober. Fired up, they seek out a third drunk to see if their program will work for others. Richly textured with the ragtime and jazz of the era, the play tells a magnificent American success story.For more information, please visit the offical website at www.billwanddrbob.com."Wonderful uplifting new play...a joyous drama of the triumph and survival of the humor spirit...filled with humor and grace.” -Examiner"Top Cleveland Theatre Stories of 2010, Great Shows at the Cleveland Playhouse: Bill W and Dr. Bob. A sober but far from somber telling of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous…a surprisingly fun and funny play...an intimate, balanced and intoxicating portrayal of the teamwork and tensions between the men who took the first 12 steps together…a metaphor for the AA phenomenon: The light of truth shining through the testimony of one drunk's experiences to another, a phenomenon that Bill W. and Dr. Bob makes sparkle.” -Tony Brown, The Plain Dealer “The play deals with relationships…The playwrights, through the script, don't attempt to teach, nor are they judgmental. They explore each man's relationship with his wife, with each other and in the final scenes, their relationship with other alcoholics. You don't have to be an alcoholic or a member of AA or Al-Anon to enjoy Bill W. and Dr. Bob. Bergman and Surrey have written a powerful script. The play begins and ends with an AA meeting's traditional opening and closing. However, what happens between those brief scenes is mesmerizing drama…This is a good, strong story that is well written” –Talkin’ Broadway "A deeply human, audience embracing tale." -Variety "One of the best plays of the year." -San Diego Union Tribune "Inspiring." -Boston Globe "The just-concluded theater season was the biggest at Cleveland Play House in more than a decade...it was the nightcap that put the Play House over the top: a production of Bill W. and Dr. Bob, a play about the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. The show sold more than six times the anticipated number of tickets, resulting in the venue’s biggest season finale in 20 years." -Cleveland SceneFEE: $75 per performance. Performance licensing rights may be restricted in your area, please inquire for specific details and licensing availability. Click below for additional materials: Bill W. and Dr. Bob (DVD) Bill W. and Dr. Bob (Logo Pack)
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