{"id":1616,"date":"2013-01-09T10:19:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T18:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2015-11-10T13:27:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T21:27:52","slug":"bill-w-and-dr-bob-by-samuel-shem-janet-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/bill-w-and-dr-bob-by-samuel-shem-janet-surrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill W. and Dr. Bob by Samuel Shem & Janet Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sponsored by the law firm of O\u2019Donnell, Clark & Crew LLP<\/a>\"OC&C_logo-blue\"<\/a>
\nPresented by CoHo Productions<\/h4>\n

\"billwlogotop\"<\/a>Thu – Sat, 7:30 p.m.
\nSundays, 2:00 p.m.
\nFeb. 22 – Mar. 30<\/p>\n

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In 1929, an ambitious young New York stockbroker Bill Wilson crashes with the stock market 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 meet and form a relationship, each helping to keep the other sober. This is the amazing and often humorous story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives, who would later start Al Anon.<\/p>\n

Winner, 2007 National Performing Arts Award, National Council on Alcohol
\nWinner, 2010 Best Play Award, Regional British Columbia Drama Festival
\nWinner, \u201cOne of the best plays of the year\u201d\u2014San Diego Union Tribune<\/em>
\nWinner, 1995 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award to Dr. Samuel Shem for Addiction Study, Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions<\/p>\n

For information on the play:
\nwww.billwanddrbob.com<\/a>
\nwww.samuelshem.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAn insightful new play\u201d\u2014The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDeeply human, audience-embracing, intelligent writing, a leavening of humor and an innate power of biographical storytelling. A remarkable story!\u201d\u2014Variety<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe play humanizes the world of addiction so honestly that the production transcends that universe. To put it bluntly, you don\u2019t have to be in AA to appreciate this show\u201d\u2014news-press<\/em>, Ft. Myers Florida<\/p>\n

\u201cA textured, truthful telling of AA\u2019s story. Evocative portraits of two complex men, without portraying either as an untarnished hero. Inspiring!\u201d\u2014The Boston Globe<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSobering but not somber\u2026The light of truth shining though the testimony of one drunk\u2019s experience to another sparkles like fine champagne\u201d\u2014Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you\u2019ve been a spouse, sibling, parent, child, family, coworker, or friend of an alcoholic, Bill W. and Dr. Bob is one meeting you should not miss\u201d\u2014The Column, Dallas<\/em><\/p>\n

Performance of this work does not imply affiliation with nor approval or endorsement from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.<\/h6>\n

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