Wayland Town Crier 4/24/17: Exit stage left: Wayland Drama director to retire. he end of any Wayland High School theater production is sad for Richard Weingartner. He may be saying goodbye to seniors, or just realizing the same cast won’t grace the stage again. “You’re always saying ‘goodbye’ at some level to that group of actors,” said Weingartner, who has worked at the school for about three decades and is the drama director.