Beth May is an American author and actor best known for her performance on the podcast Dungeons & Daddies . [1] [2]
May has been a principal cast member of the podcast Dungeons & Daddies since it first aired in January 2019. [3] [4] [5] As of February 2025, the podcast had over 66,000 supporters on Patreon and has been in the top 100 podcasts by listeners on Spotify. [6] [7] May played step-dad Ron Stampler in season one, [8] goth teen Terry "Scary" Marlowe in season two, [9] and homemaker Trudy Trout in season three. [10] She has appeared on other podcasts including Roll For Persuasion, [11] Foes and Fables, [12] Hey Riddle Riddle , [13] Story Break , [14] and The Mental Illness Happy Hour, [15] in addition to Dropout shows Dirty Laundry and Um, Actually. [2]
May's first book, The Immortal Soul Salvage Yard, was published on December 15, 2020 by Slideshow Media Group. [16] It is a small poetry book, about 88 pages, that is a collection of memories and scraps of paper from her past. [17] Sunday Scaries, a spoken word album written and performed by May, was released in 2023. [2]
In 2023, May wrote and starred in Beth Wants The D, an autobiographical comedy play about her bipolar disorder. [18] The play raised over $40,000 on Kickstarter to enter the Hollywood Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was first performed at the Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles. [19] Beth Wants The D was directed by Riley Rose Critchlow. [19]
May was a supporting screenwriter for the indie feature film We're All Gonna Die, directed by Dungeons and Daddies co-stars Matthew Arnold and Freddie Wong. The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2023. [20] [21] [22]
May grew up in Tucson, Arizona and attended Arizona State University. [2] She has been open about her struggle with bipolar disorder. [1]
