Magenta Rose Brown
Actor – Writer – Comedian
In addition to being a Blues Clues character, a Rocky Horror picture show character, and one of the staples of your printer cartridges, the hue we know to be Magenta is also the name of Magenta Rose Brown actor, writer, and comedian.
She is an alumna of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television where she studied Acting and Writing.
Magenta has been creating, acting in, and producing stories ever since she was a little girl filming commercials for her parent’s business in her backyard. She continued this trajectory throughout high school, university, and beyond.
She is a firm believer in creating your own work and I can guarantee she has the most colorful name you will ever hear.
In her work, she is passionate about connecting to humanity in storytelling, highlighting strong female characters, and making our twisted world bearable with laughter.
Magenta Rose Brown
In addition to being a Blues Clues character, a Rocky Horror picture show character, and one of the staples of your printer cartridges, the hue we know to be Magenta is also the name of Magenta Rose Brown actor, writer, and comedian.
Magenta has been creating, acting in, and producing stories since she was a little girl filming commercials for her parent’s business in her backyard.
She is a firm believer in creating your own work and I can guarantee she has the most colorful name you will ever hear.
In her work, she is passionate about connecting to humanity in storytelling, highlighting strong female characters, and making our twisted world bearable with laughter.
Stand Up Comedy
Stand-Up Comedy
Merging her loves and talents for writing and performing, Magenta is an accomplished stand-up comedian who has performed across the country at numerous famous clubs to festivals, including The Comedy Store, The Hollywood Improv, Broadway Comedy Club, WestSide Comedy Club, HaHa Harvest Festival, Montclair Comedy Festival, Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival, The Comedy Chateau Festival, The HaHa Comedy Club, The Crow, Tao Comedy Festival, FemFiesta Comedy Festival, Meadowlands Comedy Festival. She was a finalist at the Ladies Room Comedy Festival this past year and was one of the Shining Stars of Comedy at the Loudd Mouth Comedy Festival, and was a part of the Best of Fest at the Good Karma Comedy Festival! On any given night of the week it’s anyones guess where Magenta is making people laugh.
In addition to performing, Magenta has hosts and produces a number of stand-up shows, including her recurring comedy competition show Bachelorette’s Handbag! She will do anything in her power to put a smile on your face.
Upcoming Performances Include:
July 29th 8pm Bachelorette’s Handbag at The PIT LAB NYC
July 31st 6pm Laugh Out Loveland Festival Loveland, CO
Aug 1st 3:30pm Debate and Debunk Loveland, CO
Aug 1st 8:30pm Laugh Out Loveland Festival Loveland, CO
Aug 4th 7:30pm St. Marks Comedy Competition NYC
Aug 6th 8pm Producer’s Club Times Square, NYC
Follow Magenta on Instagram to stay updated and catch a chance to see her perform!
Stand Up Comedy
Merging her loves and talents for writing and performing, Magenta is an accomplished stand-up comedian who has performed across the country at numerous famous clubs to festivals, including The Comedy Store, The Hollywood Improv, Broadway Comedy Club, WestSide Comedy Club, HaHa Harvest Festival, Montclair Comedy Festival, Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival, The Comedy Chateau Festival, The HaHa Comedy Club, The Crow, Tao Comedy Festival, FemFiesta Comedy Festival, Meadowlands Comedy Festival. She was a finalist at the Ladies Room Comedy Festival this past year and was one of the Shining Stars of Comedy at the Loudd Mouth Comedy Festival, and was a part of the Best of Fest at the Good Karma Comedy Festival! On any given night of the week it’s anyones guess where Magenta is making people laugh.
In addition to performing, Magenta has hosts and produces a number of stand-up shows, including her recurring comedy competition show Bachelorette’s Handbag! She will do anything in her power to put a smile on your face.
Upcoming Performances Include:
July 29th 8pm Bachelorette’s Handbag at The PIT LAB NYC
July 31st 6pm Laugh Out Loveland Festival Loveland, CO
Aug 1st 3:30pm Debate and Debunk Loveland, CO
Aug 1st 8:30pm Laugh Out Loveland Festival Loveland, CO
Aug 4th 7:30pm St. Marks Comedy Competition NYC
Aug 6th 8pm Producer’s Club Times Square, NYC
Follow Magenta on Instagram to stay updated and catch a chance to see her perform!
Magenta Rose Brown – Stand-Up Comedienne
Acting
Stage & Screen
As an Actress, Magenta excels in comedy, Shakespeare, and playing badass women across stage and screen.
Her short film, which she wrote and starred in, See Where It Goes was a recent selection of the Oscar and BAFTA-Qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival.
During her time at UCLA’s School of Theater Film and Television, she has performed in both mainstage Shakespeare productions as the wicked Dionyza in Pericles, and the unhinged prophetess Cassandra in Troilus and Cressida, under the direction of a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She recently starred in her self-written work Alex^4.
Magenta has appeared as the lead in multiple UCLA short films under the direction of graduate and undergraduate film students and short films across Los Angeles working with individuals from Chapman’s Dodge College and beyond.
Stage & Screen
As an Actress, Magenta excels in comedy, Shakespeare, and playing badass women across stage and screen.
Her short film, which she wrote and starred in, See Where It Goes was a recent selection of the Oscar and BAFTA-Qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival.
During her time at UCLA’s School of Theater Film and Television, she has performed in both mainstage Shakespeare productions as the wicked Dionyza in Pericles, and the unhinged prophetess Cassandra in Troilus and Cressida, under the direction of a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She recently starred in her self-written work Alex^4.
Magenta has appeared as the lead in multiple UCLA short films under the direction of graduate and undergraduate film students and short films across Los Angeles working with individuals from Chapman’s Dodge College and beyond.
Acting Reel & Videos
Writing
Comedy & Creativity
Her short film See Where It Goes was a recent selection of the Oscar and BAFTA-Qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival. See Where It Goes is a short film about a girl Freshly out of the closet and ready to take on the lesbian dating scene, Casey is on her way to her first queer hookup. However, once there she finds out her date has other plans in mind…
In the fall of her senior year at UCLA, Magenta starred in her self-written comedy Alex^4, for which she received the George Burns and Gracie Allen Fellowship in Comedy. The story of four students on a study abroad trip in 1984 communist Russia, who get held up in airport customs after failing to get rid of illegal items in their suitcases, leading them on a struggle to return to America.
Magenta made her directing debut with another original play Old, New, Borrowed, Blue. The story of two couples about to depart on a double date, when an engagement ring is dropped on the floor that no one will admit is theirs.
Her first original work Get Educated, the story of two broke roommates who attempt to rob their uptight landlady unknowingly on the same night as her PTA meeting, has placed as a Semifinalist and Quarterfinalist in multiple screenplay competitions.
Her work as a writer on the slapstick short film Interior Disaster won her two juried awards of Best Use of Line and Best Use of Genre at the 48-Hour Film Project.
Writing & Directing
Producing
Efficient & Organized
Magenta is an efficient and organized producer.
She produces a recurring comedy show Bachelorette’s Handbag, a comedy competition where the winner takes home the final rose and a bachelor’s handbag aka a bagged rotisserie chicken.
In producing her original work Alex^4, she fund-raised from scratch and kept the production under budget and running smoothly all while organizing the designers, crew, and her fellow actors.
During her senior year at UCLA Magenta also organized and produced UCLA TFT’s first in-person senior showcase since 2019.
Leading her senior acting class, Magenta successfully streamlined the organizational side of an acting showcase. She communicated between Theater department heads and students, successfully led and mediated decision-making discussions amongst students, helped fundraise and budget thousands of dollars to make the showcase possible, and organized and led meetings, rehearsals, and group events.
She also took on producing her self-directed, self-written Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, at the same time and is currently in the process of developing a co-written feature film for production.
Her short film See Where it Goes is currently on the festival circuit.
Efficient & Organized
Magenta is an efficient and organized producer.
She produces a recurring comedy show Bachelorette’s Handbag, a comedy competition where the winner takes home the final rose and a bachelor’s handbag aka a bagged rotisserie chicken.
In producing her original work Alex^4, she fund-raised from scratch and kept the production under budget and running smoothly all while organizing the designers, crew, and her fellow actors.
During her senior year at UCLA Magenta also organized and produced UCLA TFT’s first in-person senior showcase since 2019.
Leading her senior acting class, Magenta successfully streamlined the organizational side of an acting showcase. She communicated between Theater department heads and students, successfully led and mediated decision-making discussions amongst students, helped fundraise and budget thousands of dollars to make the showcase possible, and organized and led meetings, rehearsals, and group events.
She also took on producing her self-directed, self-written Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, at the same time and is currently in the process of developing a co-written feature film for production.
Her short film See Where it Goes is currently on the festival circuit.
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