''Bill W. and Dr. Bob'' is a

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written by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, published by

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The play will return to Off-Broadway after being produced in some thirty of the fifty United States, Australia, Canada, and England. ''Bill W. and Dr. Bob'' began previews at The Soho Playhouse on July 8, 2013. The first production of ''Bill W. and Dr. Bob'' began previews

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on February 16, 2007, and opened on March 5, 2007. It ran for 132 performances and closed on June 10, 2007. It is based on the story of William Wilson (

Bill W. William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about two million members worldwide b ...

) and Dr. Robert Smith (Bob S., or "Dr. Bob"), the founders of

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship of alcoholics dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually-inclined Twelve Step program. Following its Twelve Traditions, AA is non-professi ...

and their wives Lois Wilson and Anne Smith, creators of

Al-Anon Al-Anon Family Groups, founded in 1951, is an international mutual aid organization for people who have been impacted by another person's alcoholism. In the organization's own words, Al-Anon is a "worldwide fellowship that offers a program of rec ...

. ''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

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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 was directed by Rick Lombardo and with music composed by Ray Kennedy. A video was produced of the 2007 Off-Broadway production by The Hazelden Foundation.

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