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