Beth Martin Brown is an adjunct professor in the Los Angeles Community College District and has taught English and further writing courses at Los Angeles Valley College and other community colleges for the last twenty -three years. Some of her classes include short story writing, mythology, history of theatre, and playwriting. 

She is a graduate of the USC Master of Professional Writing Program. 

She is the librettist for the children’s musical, The Little Witch of Wichita. This play won the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Award and has had numerous productions around the country and world. Productions include sold out performances at the renowned Geffen Theatre in Westwood, CA.  

Her love of writing plays originated when her one-act play, The Lonely Bull, won the USC Sixth Annual One-Act Play Festival and went on to gain honorable mention in several other play festivals. She studied with Jerome Lawrence (Inherit the Wind) while at USC. Her one-act play, Hannah’s Son, was written under his auspices and garnered praise.  Other plays include The Seven Ages of Fear (First Stage, Playwright’s Express), Myrna’s Mission and MONROE…SHOCKS! (honorable mention, McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition, McLaren, TX). 

Her full-length play entitled Strong Sistahs was a quarter-finalist in the Writer’s Network Screenwriting Competition. In repertoire with ten other shorts, the first act of this play was produced by Subversive Theatre, Buffalo, NY. 

She is a member of The Dramatists Guild and Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP).