Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Brian Hamlin, Patrick Summers, Heather Sanders, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Matt Hune
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Richard Bado, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen)
Kathleen Manley, Brittany Wheeler, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Zander Shepeard, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: This journey (Sister Helen)
Scene 3 - Outside of Angola State Penitentiary: Sister Helen? I've been waiting for you (Father Grenville, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden)
Joyce DiDonato, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, Michael Sumuel, James Jennings
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Rahki DeShon Marcelous
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Houston Grand Opera, Austin Dean, Nancy Hall, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: What you all say my Joe did is so terrible (Joseph's mother)
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)
Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Brittany Wheeler, Cheryl Parrish, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers
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)
John Packard, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Cheryl Parrish, Patrick Summers
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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, John Packard, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
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)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
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)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Richard Bado, James Jennings, Austin Dean, Beau Gibson, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, John Packard, Bradley Blunt, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
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)
Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Frederica von Stade, Richard Bado, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Cheryl Parrish, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt, Michael Sumuel, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, John Packard, Beau Gibson
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Tollak Ollestad, Mike Thompson, Todd Sucherman, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Philip Cutlip, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom: Oh! ... Now and at the hour of our death. Amen (Sister Helen, Sister Rose)
Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom: God's love and forgiveness (Sister Rose, Sister Helen)
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: Well? Well? (Inmates) - What time is it? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Austin Dean, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden)
Joyce DiDonato, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Boris Dyakov, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Who will walk with me? (Sister Helen)
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: Good evening (Sister Helen, Howard and Jade Boucher, Kitty and Owen Hart, Second guard)
Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, John Packard, Boris Dyakov, Houston Grand Opera, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, John Packard
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Joyce DiDonato, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
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)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, Richard Bado, Leslie Biffle, Boris Dyakov, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, John Packard, Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)