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.

Jacqueline Novak on Twitter

Jacqueline has performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Half Hour special for Comedy Central, and is the author of How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows. Jacqueline was named a 2015 Comedy Central Comic to Watch and 2016 Just for Laughs New Face. In TV, her credits include appearances on Animals (HBO), The Characters (Netflix), and starring in her own Refinery29 series How to Weep in Public, directed by John Early. Jacqueline just released a second book, Weddiculous, a collaboration with comedian Jamie Lee. This year she’s touring clubs and theaters, opening for Mike Birbiglia, Fred Armisen, and Anthony Jeselnik.

Emmy on Twitter | Emmy Official Site

Emmy Blotnick is a comedian and writer based in New York. Her half hour standup special will air on Comedy Central later this year. Currently she is Head Writer/Co-Executive Producer of The President Show on Comedy Central. Previously, Emmy wrote for The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Comedy Central’s @midnight with Chris Hardwick, TruTV’s Billy On The Street, MTV’s Nikki & Sara Live, Vh1’s Best Week Ever and others. As a performer, Emmy was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics To Watch and Time Out New York’s Women of Comedy. She has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, @midnight and in the Comedy Central web series New Timers. Emmy is originally from Boston, but regretfully has no accent or bar-fighting experience.

LeClerc Andre on Twitter

LeClerc Andre is a stand up comic living in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Maryland, LeClerc moved to New York to pursue a career in stand up comedy. Since moving to the Big Apple he has performed in many festivals and can be seen on some of the hottest stages in NYC. This rising star has a bright future ahead of him.

Jes Tom on Twitter | Jes Tom on Instagram

Jes Tom (they/them) is an actor and weird queer stand up comic. Born & raised in San Francisco and now based in New York, Jes’s comedy gleefully provides the nonbinary queer Asian American radical cyborg perspective that everyone never knew they wanted. They have appeared in videos for NowThis, BuzzfeedNews, NBC News, and in the Funny Or Die short film “Soojung Dreams of Fiji.” In collaboration with fellow comedian Chewy May, Jes Tom created the viral video Ghost In The Shell PSA, which received praise on platforms such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Nextshark, iO9, and Perez Hilton. Their writing has been published in Condé Nast’s Them. Jes has been featured in GO Magazine, Splitsider, and the Fader, and were named one of TimeOut New York’s “Comedians We’re Obsessed With.” Follow Jes on Twitter @jestom and Instagram @jesthekid.

Sabrina Imbler Official Site | Sabrina Imbler on Twitter

Sabrina Imbler is a writer and comedian living in New York City. By day, she tests kitchen appliances. By night, she uses kitchen appliances.

Nadav is originally from California and is currently living in New York. He loves writing short bios and does not agonize over them at all.