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.

Jes Tom (they/them) is a New York based actor, writer, and weird queer stand up comic, gleefully providing the nonbinary queer Asian American radical cyborg perspective that everyone never knew they wanted. As a comic, Jes has shared stages with Awkwafina, Kate Bornstein, Aparna Nancherla, and Rosie O’Donnell. As an actor, they appeared in the Amazon short film “Soojung Dreams of Fiji” (AAIFF “Audience Award”) and played the lead in “Anatomy of an Orchid” dir. Sonja O’Hara (Independent Magazine’s “10 Filmmakers to Watch”). Their writing has been published by Reductress, By Shondaland, and Condé Nast’s Them. In collaboration with fellow comedian Chewy May, Jes Tom wrote, co-directed, and starred in the viral video Ghost In The Shell PSA, which received praise on platforms such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Nextshark, iO9, and Perez Hilton. Jes has been featured in GO Magazine, Splitsider, and the Fader, and were named one of TimeOut New York’s “LGBTQ POC Comedians We’re Obsessed With.” Jes was a 2018 StandUp NBC semifinalist. Their self-produced half hour comedy special, “COLD BREW” is available to watch on Vimeo. 

Yedoye Travis Official Website | Yedoye Travis on Twitter

Yedoye Travis is a stand up comedian, actor, and writer from Atlanta, GA. He was named a New Face at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival in 2017 and has since headlined festivals around the country and appeared on TBS, Comedy Central, CBS, and Netflix and written for MTV and IFC. His debut album, OK, produced by Comedy Dynamics, was released January 2018 and he will be featured in the upcoming stand up series Unprotected Sets on EPIX.

Andrew Casertano Twitter | Andrew Casertano Youtube

Andrew Casertano is a comedian living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He has been featured in the New York Comedy Festival sponsored by Comedy Central and has been entertaining audiences all over the New York comedy scene with his unique rhythmic approach. Casertano has utilized his comedic stylings in the acting world and has appeared in nationally-aired commercials for GEICO Auto Insurance and HP Paper. You can catch Andrew performing regularly at the Creek and the Cave, New York Comedy Club, the Lantern Comedy Club, as well as other clubs all over NYC

Kendall Payne Website | Kendall Payne Instragram

Kendall Payne is a director and stand-up comedian based in Brooklyn, NY. She works as a writer and director for Netflix is a Joke. Kendall has performed stand-up at Littlefield, Union Hall, Club Cumming and an assortment of Brooklyn basements. She directs comedic short films that have screened at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Channel 101 NY, and 8 Ball TV. She was a finalist for the 2018 Sundance Youtube New Voices Lab for her original web series The Bushwiccans, co-written with Alex Hoopes. Kendall studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade and at NYU Tisch in the TV Writing Certificate Program. Kendall has tweeted for famous lesbian Tig Notaro and her looks have been compared to famous lesbian Aileen Wuornos (famous for being a serial killer)!

Perri Gross Twitter | Perri Gross Facebook

Perri Gross is a stand up, writer, and improviser from New York City. She started doing stand-up at Ithaca College in 2011 and after graduating moved to NYC to be sad, do comedy, and work in advertising. She started taking improv classes in 2013 at the Magnet and has been in variety of improv, sketch, and stand up shows ever since. She has studied with Rick Andrews, Megan Gray, Louis Kornfeld, and Peter McNerney at the Magnet. Her favorite improv show she was in was the director series “Story, Story” in 2014 directed by Louis Kornfeld.

Perri was recently named one of the New York City Comedians to watch in 2018 by Mogul. She was also on the New Talent Showcase at Caroline’s On Broadway and has performed at various theaters, bars, and basements all around New York. She is a contributor to Reductress, The Higgs Weldon, and has been featured herself in Time Out New York. She has cried on every street corner in Manhattan.

Isha Patnaik Website | Isha Patnaik Twitter