For a dentist, there’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of filling a cavity. The buzz of the drill, the smell of burning tooth. And then there’s root canal. But when those sublime pleasures grow stale, then what does a dentist do? One dentist faced with such a quandary was left with only or choice: Write a Broadway-bound musical about the life of King David of Bethlehem. “The Faith of David” is the brainchild of Dr. Craig Costanza of Revere, who was inspired in college to start working on the musical life of King David.
 
Unable to forgo the delights – and financial security -­ associated with the drill, Costanza was detennined to do it , “It meant waking up at 5 in the morning, working for a couple of hours before I went to the office, then again from 9 to 11 night,” says Costanza. He also used all his weekend mornings but luckily, the script was completed before his first child was born, which was a good thing both for David and the family. “Family has always been priority No. l,” the doctor states emphatically. “I always said to my wife that if the play dissolved because of that, then it would just dissolve.”
 
Costanza is no stranger to switching focus; at Boston University, he switched his major back and forth between biology and music many times. In addition, he played in a professional show band during and after college, which undoubtedly taught him a lot about how to divide his time between music and “the real world.” During that period, he befriended Rich Mutkoski and Tim Murner, both of whom would later join the creative team of ‘David’ as additional scriptwriter/lyricist and composer, respectively.

Costanza is modest when it comes to his dual profession. “I have a very, very understanding wife. Without her support none of this would have happened. And it was great to get involved creatively with my college buddies again.”
 
Friendship, a supportive marriage, fatherhood and, of course, dentistry – now that’s an act of biblical proportons.