Bill W. and Dr. Bob
Performed six sold-out shows at Cox Playhouse in Plano, Texas: Feb. 16–25, 2024
This critically acclaimed play performed Off-Broadway in 2007, telling the amazing story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, and of their wives.
During the roaring twenties, New York stockbroker Bill Wilson rides high on money, fame, and booze. In 1929, both he and the market crash and he becomes a hopeless drunk. Across the country, Dr. Bob Smith is a surgeon in Akron, Ohio, and a pillar of the community. He has been a secret drunk for 30 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 that 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, Bill W. and Dr. Bob tells a magnificent American success story with warmth and humor.
Raves About the Show
"This play was absolutely amazing. I was truly Blessed by attending a performance. The cast was excellent. God Bless these actors they did a fantastic job. It's a great play that after seeing I would have been willing to pay a one hundred dollar bill to have seen it. Go see it; it is well worth your time and money to go." – Danny M.
"I really enjoyed it! Great job." –Patrice O.
"It was a wonderful play! Thank you to the cast and everyone who brought this play to life. My husband and I will definitely be attending the October musical!... It was a wonderful play!" –Meredith B.
"What a wonderful production and the actors were fabulous." –Mark H.
"Bravo…thank you all for bringing this beautiful story to life." –Remi H.
"Amazing performance!! True TALENT!!" –Will G.
"It was fantastic! So glad I got to go!" –Lisa K.
"Outstanding show, looking forward to this fall's production!" –Jeff N.
"So blessed to have seen it. All of you were Amazing." –Terri H-H
"I loved everyone's performance and a great story. It was funny, emotional and endearing is a good way to put it." –Charlie O'H
