New Miniseries Insomnia Set to Premiere Wednesday, June 5, 2019 via YouTube

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Vishaal Reddy, queer, South Asian, actor, writer, and producer, will be premiering his debut miniseries Insomnia on Wednesday, June 5. Consisting of six episodes, they will be released weekly on Wednesdays and available to watch via YouTube and insomniatheshow.com. Give the official trailer a watch here.

Insomnia is a darkly comedic, single-camera, limited series about Nikhil Sharma (Vishaal Reddy) – a struggling bi-sexual Indian-American writer who can’t seem to get his life together. Nikhil secretly starts moonlighting as a male escort in New York City, and through his darkly absurd, late-night adventures, he finds himself dealing with racism, sexuality, loneliness, and a lack of sleep. Taking cues from shows such as Master of None, Louie, Fleabag, and High Maintenance, this is Nikhil’s journey to find love, happiness, and his true identity. This is a story about growing up. And failing. A lot.

After spending years being frustrated by both the lack and misrepresentation of roles for someone of his race and sexuality, Reddy decided to take matters into his own hands and create a role of his own. The concept for the show spawned from real-life experience out in NYC where he was approached by a stranger, who had asked him to consider taking a job as a male escort. The series was directed by award-winning director, Michelle Cutolo, and also stars Nikki Renee Daniels (Hamilton, The Book of Mormon), Aneesh Sheth (High Maintenance, Difficult People, New Amsterdam), Cheech Manahar (Mean Girls The Musical), Alison Barton (Master of None), Kuhoo Verma (The Big Sick), and more.

On Tuesday, June 4, the cast and crew will be celebrating with a series premiere party at Brooklyn’s iconic House of Yes. More information and tickets are available here.

The first episode of Insomnia is set to premiere on Wednesday, June 5. For more information, please visit https://www.insomniatheshow.com/.