Kevin Ferguson

Kevin Ferguson

Kevin D. Ferguson is Playwright-in-Residence at Atlantic Stage in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where his plays Child’s Play, Spinning Jenny, A Thing With Feathers, and The Other Side of the Sky premiered. He is a Lecturer in the Theatre Department at Coastal Carolina University. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Plays

  • The Other Side of the Sky
    How do you know your purpose in life?

    When Maggie asked for guidance from the other side of the sky, she didn't think she'd really get it. Or when she did, that it would be more confusing than ever before. With a best friend, a boyfriend, and now the Mother of God all offering advice, what on earth or in heaven is Maggie going to do?
  • Child's Play
    How do you prepare a little girl to slay a dragon?

    A therapist struggles to peel back layers of mistrust in a traumatized child. By entering the internal world of a little girl, the therapist helps her confront the dragon that has stolen her voice and now threatens to completely destroy her.
  • Spinning Jenny
    Sometimes life is a merry-go-round, and sometimes it's hard to get off.

    When Jenny feels a restlessness stirring inside her, she has to choose between her family's traveling carnival or the unknown world outside the midway. With the mysterious Barker encouraging her to leave and the psychic Madame Arachne manipulating her to stay, how will she decide? And will her scheming father Alfie...
    Sometimes life is a merry-go-round, and sometimes it's hard to get off.

    When Jenny feels a restlessness stirring inside her, she has to choose between her family's traveling carnival or the unknown world outside the midway. With the mysterious Barker encouraging her to leave and the psychic Madame Arachne manipulating her to stay, how will she decide? And will her scheming father Alfie help her or hinder her?

  • A Thing With Feathers
    Is hope enough to hold a family together?

    Birdie Weaver struggles to prevent her daughter Mary from ruining her granddaughter Hope's prom and graduation. As pressures mount and secrets spill, the damage to the three women's relationships may become too large for Birdie to fix and threatens to destroy her family.
  • Losing Sight
    Sometimes we lose sight of what matters the most.

    An artist races the clock to finish a painting before going blind. Haunted by the ghost of his grandfather, he must confront the lost relationships of his past before he can face his future.