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