Bill W. and Dr. Bob

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Bill W. and Dr. Bob is a play that began previews Off Broadway at New World Stages on February 16, 2007 and opened on March 5, 2007. It ran for 132 performances at New World Stages and closed on June 10, 2007. It is based on the story of Bill W. and Dr. Bob Smith, the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and their wives Lois Wilson and Anne Smith, creators of Al-Anon. Bill W. and Dr. Bob is written by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, produced by Bradford S. Lovette, Dr. Michael and Judith Weinberg, and The New Repertory Theatre and stars Marc Carver as Man, Kathleen Doyle as Anne Smith, Deanna Dunmyer as Woman, Rachel Harker as Lois Wilson, Patrick Husted as Dr. Bob Smith and Robert Krakovski as Bill Wilson. It is directed by Rick Lombardo and with music composed by Ray Kennedy.

[edit] The Story

In 1929, famous New York stockbroker Bill W. crashes with the stockmarket and becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon from Ohio, has also been an alcoholic for thirty years, often going into the operating room with a hangover. Through an astonishing series of events, Bill W. and Dr. Bob Smith meet and form a relationship, each helping to keep the other sober. The beginning of what we know as Alcoholics Anonymous.