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)
Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Boris Dyakov, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Joyce DiDonato, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez
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)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Suzanne Mentzer, Beau Gibson, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Joyce DiDonato, Austin Dean, Cheryl Parrish, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Leslie Biffle, Richard Bado, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Jon Kolbet, Michael Sumuel, James Jennings
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)
Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Jon Kolbet, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Richard Bado, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, John Packard, James Jennings, Cheryl Parrish, Beau Gibson, Brittany Wheeler, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip
Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Hector Vasquez, Philip Cutlip
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)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Boris Dyakov
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)
Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, John Packard, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Boris Dyakov, Michael Sumuel, Richard Bado, Jon Kolbet, Wesley Landry, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Bradley Blunt, Suzanne Mentzer, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)