Nefertiti

• Workshop (1976)
  New York, NY
• Closed on the road (1977)
  Chicago, IL
• Regional Revival (2004)
• Parker Playhouse Production (2005)
• Concert Reading (2006)
• World Premiere (not listed yet)

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Original score

• Egypt Is Egypt Again
• Diary of a Dying Princess, The
• Everything Is Possible
• Breakfast at Thebes
• Father
• Pardon Me a Minute
  • aka I Have to Go [no note]
• Beautiful Has Come
• Dance
• Whatever Happened to Me?
• It Happens Very Softly
• Legions
• Light Will Shine
• Under the Sun
• New World, The
• Free Translation, A
• Someone Was Here
  • aka Someone Is Here [no note]
• Another Free Translation
  • aka Free Translation, A [no note]
• Dinner at Thebes
• Take Off the Sandal
• Where Did the Day Go?

Cut prior to Chicago closing

• Lama Su Apapi
• Penmut's Apology
• Legions of the Night
• Soldier
• Brothers
• Forevermore
• Tiy's Song: Fear Is a Faraway Country
• Welcome to the Army
  • aka The Brotherhood of Light [no note]
• Nothing Ever Dies
• Please Continue

In ancient Egypt, Queen Nefertiti navigates her rise alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten, championing religious reform and challenging the old order. With the capital ablaze in ideological conflict, court intrigues and alliances shift as she strives to shape a new path. Amid power plays and personal sacrifices, she wields influence as both sovereign and visionary—her story unfolding through political turmoil, loyalty, and ambition in a kingdom at a crossroads.

A revision in 1989 was titled CHILDREN UNDER THE SUN, q.v.

• Brothers (working title)
• Children of the Sun (revival title)
• Children Under the Sun (revision title)