David Cregan O.S.A., Ph.D., is an Associate Dean in the College of Professional Studies and an Associate Professor of Theatre at Villanova University. He earned his doctorate from the Samuel Beckett School of Drama at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He also has an M.A. in Irish Studies from the Catholic University of America, an M.Phil in Irish Theatre and Film from Trinity, and an M.Div. from the Washington Theological Union.