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