Runnin’ on Empty is a monthly stand-up show with nothing to lose! The show features a mix of pros and up-and-comers, from people who last performed on Conan to people who last performed to three tumbleweeds. To be fair, those tumbleweeds hadn’t laughed that hard in years. Join us at the show critics are calling “Best comedy in the city, I am so proud” (Lisa’s Mom) and “My baby is going to Hollywood!” (Yotam’s Mom).

Hosts/soul-siblings Yotam Tubul and Lisa Franklin first met in a college stand-up group, where Yotam told Lisa “I think your joke is more cute than funny,” and she replied “You’re probably right.” Since then, they’ve been thick as thieves.

Megan Gailey official site | Megan Gailey on Twitter

Hailing from Indianapolis, Megan Gailey recently made her late-night debut on The Conan O’Brien Show, appeared in Season 3 of Adam DeVine’s House Party on Comedy Central and is a cast member of the new MTV show Ladylike. Megan was recently featured in Chicago Magazine and Marie Claire Magazine for her comedic risk taking and amazing dresses. And she has finally performed alongside enough famous people that her older brothers no longer hate her. Megan works and applies makeup at a fanatical pace. She continues to search for a rich husband, just in case.

Alingon Mitra official site

| Alingon Mitra on Twitter

Alingon Mitra is a stand-up comedian known for his tight jokes, original thoughts, and affable presence. He was on Last Comic Standing and has performed stand-up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central. In addition, he wrote for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Adam Ruins Everything. Alingon was named one of the “New Faces of Comedy” at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, and won both the Boston Comedy Festival and the “Funniest Comic in New England” contest in the same year. Alingon was a writer for the humor magazine The Harvard Lampoon and can now be found on Twitter, on Facebook, or in bed.

Maysoon Zayid official site | Maysoon Zayid on Twitter

Maysoon Zayid is a Palestinian-American actress, comedian, known as one of America’s first Muslim women comedians and the first person ever to perform standup in Palestine and Jordan. She is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and can be seen on Comedy Central’s The Watch List, PBS’s America at a Crossroads: Muslim Comics Stand Up, and in Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With Zohan. As a professional comedian, Maysoon has performed stand-up in top New York clubs, and has toured extensively in the USA as well as Europe, Africa, And the Middle East. Maysoon is a graduate of The Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership and a delegate from the great state of NJ to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She spends 3 months a year in Palestine where she runs Maysoon’s Kids, a scholarship and wellness program for disabled and wounded refugee children and orphans.

Charlie Bardey on Twitter

Charlie Bardey is a comedian and writer born and raised in New York City. He has opened for Hannibal Buress and Aidy Bryant at college performances, and his tweets have been featured in BuzzFeed and Playboy. He currently serves as the host of Panoply’s ExtraBLURT, and performs as one half of the sketch group Ugly X Crying.

Alysia Hush on Twitter

Alysia Hush is from San Antonio (aka the “not Austin” part), Texas. She made her stage debut at Broadway Comedy Club and has been a regular on the New York stand-up scene. She writes jokes for an artisanal gift card company. In her personal life, she owns two fish: Mary and Laura. Laura’s a real asshole.

Noa Osheroff was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and moved to NYC in 2014. She is a producer, filmmaker and comedian, and does all three but not at the same time.