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.

Daniel Simonsen on Twitter

Norwegian comic Daniel Simonsen has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers. He was crowned Best Newcomer at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has appeared on the BBC and Russell Howard’s Good News.

Michelle de Swarte on Twitter

London-born, Michelle de Swarte has been seen on Broadly, Viceland, the UK Comedy Central, and the BBC.

Victoria Hoffman is a New York City comedian who is originally from Dallas, TX but left immediately after graduation when she realized that Texas is boring as hell. She currently performs stand up all over the city and has been seen in the Boston Comedy Festival, Dallas Comedy Festival, Harlem Comedy Festival, Musikfest Comedyplatz and Gilda’s Laugh Fest. She hosts the Babes in Boyland podcast and produces an annual show every October that raises money for Lady Parts Justice.

Francesca was born and raised in New Jersey and she still goes back to visit often. She now lives, works and performs comedy in New York City. When she’s not in New York, sometimes she’s in New Jersey. She has performed comedy all over New York City and goes home to New Jersey sometimes to hang out.

Laurent Brodie is a high-school senior who still takes Latin even though he’s really bad at it. He has performed comedy in the auditorium and at summer camp. He is a big part of his high school’s theater company, and recently wrote and directed a play with a friend; before that, he played a creepy priest. He recently got into Instagram and Snapchat. He likes the former, but is unnerved by the latter.