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