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.

Aparna Nancherla official site | Aparna Nancherla on Twitter

Aparna Nancherla is a comedian and general silly billy. Her sense of humor is dry, existential, and absurd, with notes of uncalled-for whimsy. Think a wine you didn’t order.

You can currently watch Aparna as Grace the belabored HR rep on the Comedy Central’s Corporate. She has also appeared on Two Dope Queens on HBO, Bojack Horseman, Crashing, Master of None, A Simple Favor, Love, and Inside Amy Schumer. Her half-hour special is available on Netflix and her debut album, Just Putting It Out There, is available through Bentzen Ball Records. 

On Monday nights, Aparna co-hosts the new show Butterboy at Littlefield in Park Slope at 8 p.m. with Jo Firestone and Maeve Higgins.

Marie Faustin Official Website | Marie Faustin on Twitter

Marie Faustin is a NY-based comedian, actress and one of the fastest rising talents on the comedy scene. Currently, she hosts the upcoming primetime series “Vice Live.” In 2018, Vulture named her a “Comedian You Should Know.” She was chosen as a “New Face of Comedy” at the international Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal in 2017.

Marie has appeared on Comedy Central, GQ Magazine, MTV, VH1, The BET Awards and TruTV. In 2016, Marie became the host of Oxygen’s Very Real Talk. She’s a regular feature in Time Out NY and is the on-air host of 99.5FM’s “Tall Tales in the Big City.” Marie also co-hosts the weekly podcast: The Unofficial Expert as well as the weekly comedy showcase Comedy at the Knit at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY.

Jordan Temple Official Website | Jordan Temple on Twitter

Jordan Temple is a New York City born, L.A. based multihyphenate comedian-playwright-writer-standup-actor who grew up in the projects peeing in the staircase and also the elevator.

Currently, Jordan is a writer for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. In 2018, Jordan was named a “New Face” of comedy at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal (wow, just look at that punim!) and also made his late-night stand up debut on CONAN. He also was a writer on an Untitled Rob Mcelhenney and Charlie Day Apple sitcom.

In 2017 he was a writer for the Golden Globe nominated Showtime comedy “Smilf”, and most recently was a writer for the late night comedy news program, “The Rundown with Robin Thede” on BET in 2018.

Jordan is the mastermind behind the original comedic play, ‘Hidden Fences’, a hilarious, absurdist take on the viral mistake made at the 2017 Golden Globes and Academy Awards that combined the movies, Hidden Figures and Fences into ‘Hidden Fences’. Hidden Fences satirizes the mistake in which ‘Troy’ from Fences wants to be the first black man to hit a baseball into space and the hidden figures do the math to help get it there. The play sold out four times and was staged at The Bell House for New York Comedy Festival. In June 2018 Hidden Fences made it’s L.A. debut at The Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theatre, starring and produced by Jermaine Fowler. In addition to writing the play, Jordan also plays an unhinged, comedic version of the Denzel Washington role, ‘Troy’.

In October of 2017, he staged his follow up to Hidden Fences, an absurdist, one-act play entitled ‘The Color Urkel’ that loosely combines the narrative of The Color Purple with the characters Steve Urkel and Stefon Urquelle. In November 2018, ‘The Color Urkel’ also made it’s New York Comedy Festival debut.

Rebecca O’Neal on Twitter

Rebecca O’Neal is a comedian, writer, and former host of the stand up television show WCIU’s One Night Stand Up in her hometown of Chicago, IL. She now resides in Brooklyn where she was named among TBS’s 2018 Comics To Watch, has performed at Bridgetown, RIOT, Brooklyn Comedy Fest, and New York Comedy festivals, on 2 Dope Queens, written for Vanity Fair, Gawker.tv, Buzzfeed, and Splitsider.com, and has appeared on the season 2 of Netflix’s Easy and on Refinery 29′s After After Party. In Chicago and around the midwest, Rebecca has opened for Maria Bamford, Janeane Garofalo, Arsenio Hall, Hannibal Buress, Michael Che, Roy Wood Jr, Ron Funches, Michelle Wolf, Sasheer Zamata, Jena Friedman, Al Madrigal, and more.

Hallie Haas Official Website | Hallie Haas on Twitter

Hallie Haas is a Brooklyn-based actress and comedian hailing from Northampton, MA. She can currently be seen in Netflix Presents: You’ve Got Mail at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where she has performed sketch and characters since 2015, including her solo show Masterpiece Classic: Women in Art. Hallie has appeared in TBS’ Search Party, the feature film Fort Tilden (SXSW Grand Jury Prize), the upcoming feature Asking For It, and in videos for The New Yorker, Elite Daily, Bustle, and The Kicker. She holds a BA from Oberlin College, where she studied Theater and Comparative Literature. She now lives in Brooklyn with 9 of her closest pals and 7,000 lbs of kale.

Walter Kelly on Twitter

Walter Kelly is a Brooklyn-based standup comedian, actor, writer and lover of avocados. His lanky-black ass brings a fiercely vibrant energy, unique perspective, and bubbly personality to stage and screen. Walter’s work has appeared on Bustle, Upworthy, Money Magazine, Yahoo!, and TIME. He currently co-hosts the popular queer standup show SPACE, and he writes for the indie sketch team Illumathoti. Follow him @walterkellytv on instagram for funny rants and the occasional thirst trap.

Chase Montavon on Twitter

Chase is the winner of the Be on Runnin’ on Empty Essay Contest. Host of Nostalgia Jerk Off at the BCC 2/24 8pm and Purim Spiel BCC 3/10 7:30. Follow him on all soc platforms @chasemontavon.