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.

Rae Sanni is a stand-up comedian and writer from Brooklyn, NY who has been bringing her unique perspective on everything from The Bad Girls Club to race and gender relations to cheddar cheese to audiences all over. She has performed stand-up on Lifetime and in the New York Comedy Festival, and her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, The Decider, and Buzzfeed. Rae featured for Anthony Atamanuik on his critically acclaimed Trump Dump show at NYU’s Skirball Center. She was most recently honored as one of Comedy Central’s UP NEXT comedians in the Colossal Clusterfest and she is currently a staff writer on Comedy Central’s THE PRESIDENT SHOW.

Courtney Reynolds is a stand up comic that seamlessly blends his silly nature and quick wit into a hilarious comedic cocktail. He hits the stage with a bevy of topics that give voice to young black suburbia and beyond.

Marcia Belsky is a New York City based stand-up comedian, musician and writer. After being raised an opinionated little Jewish girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she started her comedy career in Portland, Oregon and has since performed around the country. In 2014, she was a semifinalist in the NBC StandUp For Diversity competition, and her web seriesCouch House was an official selection in the 2015 New York Television Festival. Currently, she performs stand up regularly around the New York area and has contributed to the popular satirical website Reductress. She is the lead singer of the “radical” feminist band Free the Mind and her project The Headless Women of Hollywood has been featured on Funny or Die, USA Today, Buzzfeed, Guys We F***cked, AV Club, E!News and more.

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Darian Lusk (5’11) is a musical comedian and writer living large in Brooklyn, New York. Aside from his stand up, which has been described as “funny,” Darian can be seen on the Travel Channel show Mysteries At The Museum and at Observer.com where he writes about pop culture.

Defne Gencler got into stand up comedy the same way most people do: after a bout of failed internships and terribly paying jobs. She put her acting, writing, and improv background to use and now performs comedy all over New York. Her work focuses on personal stories, short jokes, often centered around her experiences being Dutch, Turkish, and American.