Beth May

Beth May is an American author and actor best known for her performance on the podcast Dungeons and Daddies.^[1][2]

Career

May has been a principal cast member of the podcast Dungeons and 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]

Personal life

May grew up in Tucson, Arizona and attended Arizona State University.^[2] She has been open about her struggle with bipolar disorder.^[1]