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| Bill W. and Dr. Bob Makes Off Broadway Debut - An Interview with the Playwrights |
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| Written by Stephanie L. Muller | |
| Wednesday, 27 June 2007 | |
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In addition to his “day job” as a doctor on the Harvard Medical School
faculty and running a private psychiatric practice, Dr. Stephen Bergman
also is a published novelist and playwright. In a writing career than spans more than 30 years, he has written novels and plays under the pen-name Samuel Shem, including his classic novel about medical internship, The House of God (1978), which has sold more than two million copies, in 30 languages. He has been honored as one of “Boston’s Best Authors” and has given commencement addresses at more than 50 medical schools on “How to Stay Human in Medicine.” His newest novel, The Spirit of the Place, will be published in 2008. Janet Surrey, PhD is a clinical psychologist in private practice, as well as a founding scholar at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Stone Center at Wellesley College, where she serves on the faculty and board of the Institute of Meditation and Psychotherapy in Newton. She is author and co-author of several books and papers in the areas of relational psychology, spirituality, women’s psychological development and addiction. With her husband, Dr. Stephen Bergman, she founded the Gender Relations Research Project at the Stone Center, and has co-authored a non-fiction book, We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Women and Men. Just weeks before their latest co-production, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, was scheduled to debut Off Broadway, they agreed to speak with Counselor Magazine’s editor, Stephanie Muller, about the inspiration they received from the addicts and alcoholics they treated, and the story of Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) co-founders Bill Wilson and Bob Smith. Counselor: I understand that both of you have treated alcoholics in your respective practices and have encouraged your patients to attend AA as part of their treatment. Please tell me about how the two of you came up with the idea to present the story of Bill W. and Dr. Bob in a play? Want to read the entire article? Don't miss out...Subscribe now to Counselor Magazine—or buy the single issue! It's easy. Just follow the links below:
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