Wesley Savick
Wesley Savick (Reverend Sam Gardner) is delighted to be back at CST. He worked on five CST Catalyst Collaborative projects, including writing and directing adaptations of Alan Lightman’s novels Einstein’s Dreams (which toured to the first World Science Festival in NYC and which was produced three times at CST) and Mr g. He was commissioned by Catalyst Collaborative to write and direct a new play based on the life of Henry Molaison, the most-studied brain patient of the 20th century (Yesterday Happened: Remembering H.M., which also featured original music by Tod Machover). He also directed Lisa Loomer’s Distracted, and played the role of Charles Darwin in Melinda Lopez’s premiere production of From Orchids to Octopi (which also toured to the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC).
In addition to his work on science plays at CST, Mr. Savick also wrote and directed Car Talk: The Musical!!!, wrote the adaptation and directed the URT holiday double-bill of The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley and A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote and directed On the Verge by Eric Overmyer for the Nora. He recently worked with James Carroll, Rachel DeWoskin and Writers for Democratic Action to co-write It Can’t Happen Here Again!, an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis which was produced in 91 venues in 71 cities in 24 cities on July 19th, 2024…the day after the Republican National Convention. In October 2024, he premiered a new musical at the Modern Theatre, dramandemocracy, inspired by Arlie Hochschild’s “Strangers In Their Own Land” which he wrote and directed. He also wrote, directed, and composed an original agit-prop musical adaptation of The Handbook of Civilian Defense (published by the U.S. government in 1942) which was produced at the Edinburgh Fringe with his company, Juvenilia at Suffolk University.
Mr. Savick is the author of twenty-seven plays, the director of one hundred professional productions and tenured Professor of Theatre at Suffolk University.