"AN INSIGHTFUL NEW PLAY."
- The New York Times

"Bill W. and Dr. Bob is getting standing ovations!" - Reuters

"Paints an endearing portrait of friendship and human weakness with warm humor." -New Yorker

“Deeply human, audience-embracing, intelligent writing, a leavening of humor and an innate power of biographical storytelling. A remarkable story!”—Variety

"The miraculous story, beautifully told, of the men who named the disease and created the cure”—Martin Sheen

“Holds the audience in the palm of its hand from the very start. The stakes are life-or-death throughout. Captures the wild exciting uncertainty of invention. an uplifting reminder of the power of the human spirit. The sleeper hit of the season”—nytheatre.com

“Humanizes the world of addiction so honestly that it transcends that universe. To put it bluntly, you don’t have to be in AA to appreciate this show”—News-Press, Ft. Myers Florida

“A textured, truthful telling of AA’s story…Inspiring!” —Boston Globe

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Listen to a New York Times Audio Interview about the inspiration behind the show

HISTORY OF MAJOR PRODUCTIONS & REVIEWS:

CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE: (See videos and slideshow in right column!): 500-seat theatre, sold out, broke the box-office record for a drama, selling almost 15,000 tickets in three and a half weeks.

READ A LETTER FROM MICHAEL BLOOM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE >

“Funny and fast-moving…Mesmerizing drama. This is what good theatre should be. You don’t have to be an alcoholic or a member of AA to enjoy this”—TalkinBroadway.com

“Sobering but not somber…The light of truth shining through the testimnony of one drunk’s experience to another…sparkles like fine champagne”—Cleveland Plain Dealer

BROADWAY PALM THEATRE, FORT MYERS FLORIDA (Prather Entertainment Group): sold-out run, went on tour to other Florida cities and to Pennsylvania and Arizona; national tour scheduled for 2011.

“Superb drama. A must-see piece. Spellbinding and truly gripping entertainment. Touches an emotional chord about faith and belief that’s hidden deep inside everyone who’s ever sought redemption of any kind”—Coastal Beat News, Florida

“Wonderful, uplifting new play…a joyous drama of the triumph and survival of the human spirit…filled with humor and grace”—Examiner

“An often funny, moving play. For all the seriousness of its theme, it is a comedy”—naplesnews.com, Florida

ILLUSION THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS: sold-out run in a 400-seat theatre, will be returning for a second season in 2011; sponsored by Hazelden.

CAMEO THEATRE, SAN ANTONIO, sold-out run at 75th Anniversary of AA International Convention; 60,000 attendees from all over the world now aware of the show. (Prather Entertainment Group, sponsored by The Hazelden Foundation)

UPCOMING:

SAN JOSE REPERTORY THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO: 500-seat theatre; scheduled for June 2012.

RETURNS TO
OFF-BROADWAY IN 2012!

AWARDS

Winner, "2007 National Performing Arts Award",
National Council on Alcohol

Winner, "2010 Top Theatre Stories in Cleveland," Cleveland Plain Dealer

Winner, "2010 Best Play Award," Regional British Columbia Drama Festival

Winner, 1995 "One of the best plays of the year"—San Diego Union Tribune,

Winner, 1995 "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award" to Dr. Samuel Shem , Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions

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