Beth May
American podcast host
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Beth May is an American author and actor best known for her performance on the podcast Dungeons & Daddies.[1][2]
Career
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]
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.[18][19][20]
In 2023, May wrote and starred in Beth Wants The D, an autobiographical comedy play about her bipolar disorder.[21][22][23] Beth Wants The D was directed by Riley Rose Critchlow.[24][25] 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.[24] In 2025, the show went to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, playing at the Pleasance Courtyard from July 30th to August 24th and winning the Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award.[26]
Personal life
May grew up in Tucson, Arizona and attended Arizona State University, graduating with a B.A. in Screenwriting.[2][27] She has been open about her struggle with bipolar disorder.[1]
