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