Runnin’ on Empty is a free 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 “Wow, this was actually good! Why is it free?” (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. 

Jordan Carlos on Twitter
 
Jordan Carlos wrote for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and appears on MTV’s Guy Code, Girl Code, and Guy Court. Jordan’s other credits include Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham,” The Colbert Report, Nurse Jackie, and Broad City. CollegeHumor’s go-to Obama, Jordan can also be counted on for a presidential impression with over a million YouTube clicks and counting.

Joel Kim Booster official site | Joel Kim Booster on Twitter

Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago bred, Brooklyn based comedian and writer. He’s currently writing for the new season of Fuse’s Billy on the Street. He cares deeply about cats, appointment television, various feuds and more! He has been featured on Conan, Logo, and Comedy Central, and he desperately wants you to like him. 

Blair Socci is an NYC-based comedian from Southern California. She is very excited to be starring in the upcoming MTV series, Ladylike, premiering on June 13th. Blair has written for Reductress, xoJane.com, Splitsider.com, Wmag.com, RivieraMagazine, and Volleyball Magazine. Once a month, she co-hosts a popular show, NACHO BITCHES, at New York Comedy Club that she co-founded with Corinne Fisher of “Guys We F*cked” fame.
 
Blair Socci official site
Blair Socci on Twitter

Mitra Jouhari on Twitter

Mitra Jouhari is a writer/comedian who lives in Brooklyn. She has written for “Miracle Workers” on TBS, “The President Show” on Comedy Central, and prior to that was a staffer at “Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee”. TV/Film Credits include: “The Big Sick”, “Broad City”, “Friends From College”, “Full Frontal”, as well as videos for the New Yorker, IFC, Comedy Central, Above Average, Refinery29’s RIOT, and more. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Reductress, Flaunt Magazine, Reality Beach, Splitsider, and Rookie. She is a member of the sketch groups Three Busy Debras and $700 Rules, and hosts a monthly variety show at Union Hall called “It’s A Guy Thing”. She is from Ohio which is why she is nice.

Catherine Cohen official site | Catherine Cohen on Twitter

Catherine Cohen is a comedian, actor, voiceover artist, and poet living in Brooklyn. She performs on a house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and hosts the monthly variety show “It’s A Guy Thing” at Union Hall, which was listed as one of Paste Magazine’s “10 Best Alt Comedy Shows in New York City.” Her work has been featured on Splitsider, The New Yorker, The Huffington Post, New York Mag’s The Cut, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival, and The New York Comedy Festival. Catherine graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English and Theater.

James Belarde is a New York-based comedian and occasional medical student. He often gets the two mixed up, which can either be very funny or very bad. James regularly performs stand-up and improv in shows all over NYC and sometimes even at festivals around (a segment of) the country, including the Del Close Marathon, NC Comedy Arts Festival and Steelstacks Improv Comedy Festival!

Simon Henriques is a comedian, playwright, and actor who has performed in plays and comedy shows at Ars Nova, The Brick, Brit Pack, the Boston Center for the Arts, and the Brown University Comedy Conference. He tweets as a manic pixie dream girl (@QuirkyMPDG). He makes a mean cheesecake.
 

Simon Henriques official site