The best NYC comedy shows run by female comedians

Experience all the secondhand embarrassment you can handle as a collection of New York’s funniest comics and writers spill their guts on their worst sex and dating experiences. Hosted by the relentlessly energetic Natalie Wall, this is one toe-curlingly fun storytelling show.

Girl Code writer and Broad City contributor Kara Klenk has gained a reputation for always putting together a great lineup of the city's best comics at this popular weekly stand-up showcase.

Peggy O’Leary and Lucas Connolly host this stand-up show where all comics are forced to play drinking games right before their sets. Can it get sloppy? Sure. Is it a good time? Absolutely.

Jo Firestone and her Rodney Dangerfield impersonator father, Fred, host this beloved competition, in which the first 18 individuals or duos to sign up at the door attempt to one-up each other's spontaneously produced puns. Winners are determined by a "human clap-o-meter" and go home with a kitchen appliance.

Ginny Leise and Soojeong Son share their most shameful tales at this storytelling show, then bring up a fun mix of local comedians to do the same. The comics get to make fun of each other afterward as the audience votes on the best story of the night.

Carolyn Busa hosts what she calls "Williamsburg's cutest comedy show," featuring the city's top up-and-coming stand-ups. She's not wrong about the cuteness, but she did forget to mention it's also one of the funniest in the city.

Produced by Nairobi-born Agunda Okeyo, this stand-up showcase features (almost) exclusively funny women of color. Past guests have included SNL's Sasheer Zamata, Phoebe Robinson, Chloe Hilliard and Gloria Steinem (we did say “almost”).