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.

Phoebe Robinson official site | Phoebe Robinson on Twitter

Phoebe Robinson is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who has been named by Vulture, Essence, and Esquire Magazine as one of the top comedians to watch. She is the co-host of WNYC’s 2 Dope Queens podcast, and consulted on Season 3 of Broad City. Phoebe has appeared on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and Last Call with Carson Daly, Comedy Central’s Broad City, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and @midnight. Her first book of essays, You Can’t Touch My Hair, for Plume publishing, will be released in Fall 2016.

Shalewa Sharpe on Twitter | Shalewa Sharpe Official Website

Shalewa Sharpe tells jokes. She developed her sly yet goofy style in Atlanta, where she was raised. Currently based in Brooklyn, she has joked on so many shows, festivals, and podcasts that in 2017 Time Out NY labeled her a “local fixture.” She has joked on HBO’s “2 Dope Queens” and Comedy Central’s “The New Negroes.” She got serious while playing the role of Yvonne in John Cameron Mitchell’s musical podcast “Anthem: Homunculus,” but then she went right back to joking in her solo show, “Don’t Reach In The Bag.” She has two albums of jokes: “Stay Eating Cookies” (2016) and “So You Just Out Here?” (2019).

Rob Haze Official Website |Rob Haze on Twitter

Rob Haze is a comedian from Atlanta, Georgia. He can be seen on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He was on the latest season of Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central and the new Viceland show Flophouse. Rob is cohost of the Kanye West Podcast The Book of Ye. Rob was a New Face in the 2015 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. He was on the 9th season of Last Comic Standing. Rob is the 2015 winner of the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. He has made appearances on HLN News Now, and can be heard as a personality on the Ryan Cameron morning show. Rob was named by Creative Loafing one of the 25 people to watch in 2015. In 2012 Rob was a finalist in NBC Stand Up for Diversity and was a part of their 2013 college tour. Starting making funny poems at college poetry nights, Rob started performing stand up while studying Political Science in college. Rob shares his gift of comedy at clubs, colleges, and corporations all over the country. Rob prides himself on bringing people together rather than tearing them apart.

Sonia Denis Official Website | Sonia Denis on Twitter

Sonia Denis is a New York-based comedian by way of Chicago, IL. Sonia’s stand-up can be described as confessional, frenetic and another cool adjective. She was recently named one of Comedy Central’s 2016 Comics to Watch, and performed at this year’s Riot LA Comedy Festival. Sonia has also performed at The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, The High Plains Comedy Festival, The Onion & A.V. Club’s 2nd Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, and more. She was a writer and performer in Second City’s critically acclaimed Black Side of the Moon in Washington, DC. Her writing has been featured on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and Brightest Young Things. She co-stars in the new web series Brown Girls.

Cathryn Mudon official site | Cathryn Mudon on Twitter

Cathryn Mudon (myoo’-don, like music) is an actor and improviser from Fruita, Colorado. She performs and teaches at the Upright Citizen Brigade in New York and can currently be seen playing Elaine in IMPROVISED SEINFELD and performing every week with HIGGINS. Previous performance runs include “Seinfeld: The Leaning Susan,” “Dorothy Goes to Hollywood,” and the Maude team, BELLEVUE (SF Sketchfest, Austin Sketchfest, Piccolo Festival, NY ComedyFest).

Cathryn Mudon is the co-star and co-creator of the improvised webseries, “I’m Too Fragile for This” (USA Today’s Best of TV on the Web) with Connor Ratliff. She is a graduate of Regis University, Denver, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC. She has appeared on Broad City, Seriously Distracted feat. Amy Sedaris, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Thingstarter for SeeSo, The President Show, and some commercials you fast-forwarded over.

Josh Bates official site | Josh Bates on Twitter

Josh Bates is a New York comedian. When he’s not doing stand up in the gritty underbelly of the Big Apple, he’s probably doing sit down in the living room of his Brooklyn apartment. He hosts The Golden Hour every Saturday at The Annoyance Theater.

Jonah regrets judging his peers all throughout high school as they excessively took selfies. He is now unable to provide an appropriate photo of himself for this site.