Half Empty Half Full is a literary comedy show with a twist! It's a competition of wits between optimists and pessimists! Austin's sharpest stand-up comedians and writers share their creativity and battle out their positive and negative points of view. The show's host, comedian and poet Valerie Nies (McSweeney's, Rattle, and the comedy show Smile More), is joined by a panel of clever judges to choose who wins: the comedians and writers who see life half full or half empty!
Line up for 12/8 includes stand-up comedians Stephanie Chiarello (Over the Lege) and Jason Dudey (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, MTV) along with satirist Erica Lies (NY Times, The New Yorker, Washington Post, McSweeney's) and award-winning interdisciplinary artist and writer Yuliya Lanina (SXSW, Yaddo, Seoul Art Museum, Testify). Judges include the cynically hilarious: Amy Botelho, Bill Carroll, and Tyler Randle.
