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