Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen)
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Boris Dyakov, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Wesley Landry, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, James Jennings
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Wesley Landry, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, James Jennings, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: It's a good sign when they take so long to decide (Sister Rose, Sister Helen, Owen Hart, Jade Boucher, Kitty Hart, Howard Boucher)
Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: You don't know what it's like to bear a child (Jade Boucher, Kitty Hart, Sister Helen, Howard Boucher, Owen Hart, Joseph's mother)
Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: I'm sorry. So sorry (Sister Helen, Owen Hart, Jade Boucher, Howard Boucher, Kitty Hart, Paralegal, Sister Rose)
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: The Bible says "the truth will set you free." (Sister Helen, Joseph, Warden) - Scene 10 - The waiting room: Excuse me. Do you have any change? (Sister Helen, First guard)
Scene 10 - The waiting room: He will gather us around (Children, Sister Rose, Inmates, Sister Helen, Joseph, Motor cop, Joseph's mother, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Father Grenville)
Frederica von Stade, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Joyce DiDonato, Austin Dean, Leslie Biffle, Jon Kolbet, Michael Sumuel, John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Beau Gibson, Cheryl Parrish, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Richard Bado, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Heggie: Dead Man Walking, Act I
Scene 10 - The waiting room: What happened? (Sister Helen, Warden, Sisters, Children, Joseph, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Joseph's mother, Inmates, Motor cop, Father Grenville)
Cheryl Parrish, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Richard Bado, Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, John Packard, Frederica von Stade, Jon Kolbet, Beau Gibson, Brittany Wheeler, James Jennings
Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Boris Dyakov, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Scene 8 - The Execution: Dead Man Walking! (Warden, Father Grenville, Joseph, Sister Helen, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Guards, Sisters and Mothers of the prayer vigil outside the prison, Inmates)
John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Boris Dyakov, Cheryl Parrish, Michael Sumuel, Richard Bado, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Patrick Summers, Jon Kolbet
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)