David Quicksall is a playwright, director and actor living in Seattle, Wash. As well as co-adapting Don Quixote, he directed the premier production for Book-It Repertory Theatre. At Book-It, he adapted John Steinbeck's Travels With Charley; adapted/directed Bram Stoker's Dracula; adapted/directed Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. Quicksall's original play Dogwatches was performed at the University of California at Santa Cruz.