Event Listing - Theater
Fri Jan 16 - Sun Feb 1

The Paper Wing Theatre Company proudly presents

Bill W. and Dr. Bob


Tel. 831.521.4512
Website
$17
Tickets

Location
Date and Time
The Paper Wing Theatre Company
320 Hoffman Avenue
Monterey, CA 93940
cross street: Corner of Lighthouse and Hoffman, upstairs
district: Monterey

Fri Jan 16 (8pm)
Sat Jan 17 (8pm)
Sun Jan 18 (3pm)
Fri Jan 23 (8pm)
Sat Jan 24 (8pm)

Description
Bill W. and Dr. Bob depicts the relationship between Bill Wilson, a failed stockbroker, and Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon, during the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Diagnosed as an incurable alcoholic, Wilson determined that what he needed most was fellowship with others in his position. When his desire to drink overwhelmed him during a trip to Akron, Ohio, he randomly picked out the name of a clergyman and asked to be put in contact with a local alcoholic. That search led him to Dr. Bob Smith, a respected surgeon who frequently operated while inebriated.
The stockbroker and the surgeon first met in the living room of Akron matron Henrietta Sieberling on May 12, 1935 and talked for six straight hours. Buffeted by their strong desire to recover from their chronic alcoholism, the pair's sometimes stormy friendship led to the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. On June 10, the date used to mark the founding of AA, Dr. Bob took his last drink and drug.
Bill W. and Dr. Bob offers a rich, provocative dramatization of that remains one of the most enduring, if unlikely, success stories in American history.
Also Starring:
Linda Dale as “Anne Smith”
Koly McBride as “Lois Wilson”
Cindy Muscarello in multiple roles
Nick Kromer in multiple roles