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EverGreen Theatre Ensemble presents Bill W. and Dr. Bob

Naperville Woman's Club
Naperville, IL

This critically acclaimed play 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 and supports EverGreen's vision to stage engaging theatre that reveals Dreams, Lost and Found. This show is directed by Craig Berger, Artistic Director of EverGreen Theatre Ensemble and former Director and founder, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble.

About the show

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. Learn more about the play at billwanddrbob.com

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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