 Center City, Minn., October 29, 2007 - The original off-Broadway hit production of "Bill W. and Dr. Bob," is now available on DVD from Hazelden Publishing. The New York Times called this story of the men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous "an insightful new play."
The production is believed to be the first devoted to the founders of AA and the early days of the fellowship. "Bill W. and Dr. Bob" ran for 132 performances at the New World Stages Off-Broadway, which prompted media coverage marveling at how well the play was received by the recovery community, as well as those that are not a part of that fellowship. This moving production tells how Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith created a program for healing for alcoholics that has spread throughout the world, and how their wives, Lois Wilson and Anne Smith, created Al-Anon. The play was written by Stephen Bergman, M.D., and Janet Surrey, Ph.D. This is "a great American story of two men who, alone, were going to die, but who together found a way to live," Bergman and Surrey said. When they decided to produce the story as a play, they immediately knew it has to be framed as if it were a meeting. "The second thing we knew right away was that this would not be the story of a ‘great man,' but rather of a ‘great relationship,' of two people coming together. Neither of them could have done it alone." For their work, Bergman and Surrey received the 2007 Performing Arts Award of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in Washington, DC on October 11, 2007. NCADD President Robert Lindsey presented the award. The 118-minute Bill W. and Dr. Bob DVD is available online, or by calling 800-328-9000. Hazelden is committed to protecting the privacy of people who participate in Hazelden programs and abides by all applicable federal and state laws that protect such confidentiality. |
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