Sci-Fi Thriller ONE THOUSAND BLINKS Premieres at 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes theNEST with the world premiere of ONE THOUSAND BLINKS, written by Nick Starr and directed by Malinda Sorci. ONE THOUSAND BLINKS begins performances on Thursday, January 12 for a limited engagement through Sunday, January 29. Press opening is Tuesday, January 17 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday and Saturday at 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

Desperate to break a pattern of underachievement, Morgan leaves his girlfriend in America for a job teaching English in a far away country. Instead, he finds himself translating an obscure medical textbook written in a language he doesn't understand for a doctor who doesn't believe in sleep. Working day and night, Morgan discovers the exhilarating, frightening and strangely hilarious truth of what it takes to feel productive in a 24-hour world. But Morgan’s desperate quest for productivity threatens to destroy his relationship and, perhaps, kill him.

The cast features Estelle Bajou, Mark Cajigao (Broadway’s Rising Stars at Town Hall), Rachel Cornish (A Midsummer Nights Dream, directed by Austin Pendleton, at NSD Theatre) and Drew Hirshfield (DreamWorks' Madagascar national tour).

The design team features Al Roundtree (set and lighting design), Jessa-Raye Court (costume design), Matt Sherwin (sound design and original music), and Samantha Shechtman (properties). The stage manager is Debra Stunich.

Nick Starr (playwright) was an artist in residence at The Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. His plays have been developed at The Barrow Street Theater, The Blank Theater, theNEST and Speranza Theater Company. His play The Songs of Forgettance won the LA Weekly Award for Best Short Play. His play The Awesome Dance was produced at the Cherry Lane Theater's Cherry Pit in 2010. In 2011 he co-wrote and directed a one-man show / book reading based on Martian Summer by Andrew Kessler, which Kessler performed at SXSW. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Linguistics and received his MFA in playwriting from the New School for Drama. He is an adjunct professor of media studies at SUNY New Paltz.

Malinda Sorci (director) has produced and directed productions and readings internationally and nationally at venues, including: Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Town Hall, Old Vic/New Voices, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Cherry Lane, 59E59 Theaters, and the Barrow Street Theatre. Malinda is Producing Artistic Director of theNEST, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Marymount Manhattan College, and Adjunct Instructor at St. John's University. Malinda received her MFA in Directing from the New School for Drama.