William Davies King (known as Dave) is the (Nearly Extinguished) Distinguished Professor of Theater at UCSB. His graduate education began in playwriting, migrated to dramaturgy (one of those Masters of Fine Arts), then somehow led to theater historical scholarship. He has written books about late-Victorian actors, Wallace Shawn, and collecting nothing (ask if you're curious), also Eugene O'Neill and Eugene O'Neill and Eugene O'Neill. His most recent book is Finding the Way to Long Day's Journey Into Night: Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey at Tao House (Anthem Press, 2024), and he has written a dramatic version of that book, called Into Night: A Day at Tao House, which was performed at Tao House (a National Historic Site in Danville, California) and in Boston in 2022.