Bill W AND Dr. Bob
Back in Chicagoland by popular demand! BILL W. AND DR.
BOB, a powerful, funny, and profoundly inspirational play detailing the events
that led to the creation of Alcoholics Anonymous, returns to Chicagoland at the
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts September 3rd - 5th! Tickets go on
sale April 23rd, 2026
In 1929, famous New York stockbroker Bill Wilson
crashes along with the stock market and becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr. Bob
Smith, a surgeon from Ohio, has also been an alcoholic for 30 years, often
going into the operating room with a hangover. Through an astonishing series of
events, the two meet and form a relationship, each helping the other to stay
sober. The play tells the remarkable and humorous story of the two men who
pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives, who founded
Al Anon.