Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends
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a synth-pop opera by Jude Taylor
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Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends is a synth-pop musical about the true story of the persecution of gay sailors in 1980s America and the futile search for the elusive Dorothy who connected them all.
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In 1980s America, the Naval Investigative Service are intensively hunting down and discharging gay sailors in the US Navy at an unprecedented rate. But if they truly want to win their war on homosexuality, they know that they must first defeat the one woman standing in their way: Dorothy.
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Who is Dorothy? What does Dorothy want? How can she possibly be friends with every gay sailor? Can she bring down the entire Navy, and perhaps the country, too? Only one man, with a predictable secret of his own, can stop her.
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Powered by an 80s synth pop score, ‘Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends’ is a surreal musical comedy inspired by a lesser-known chapter of queer history.
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Click here to listen to the original demo of ‘Won’t You Be My Friend?’
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'Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends' will next feature at
GenFest at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton
Saturday 22 November, 19.00
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2025 Phoenix Arts Club concert staging cast and creatives
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Director/Video Designer: Matt Powell
Produced by Chromatic Creative
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Hunter: Mikey Wooster
Parker: Jordan Walker
Barbara: Francesca Fenech​
Queen Dorothy: Renan Teodoro
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