Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Houston Grand Opera, Matt Hune, Brian Hamlin, Philip Cutlip, Heather Sanders, 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)
Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Kathleen Manley, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Zander Shepeard, Brittany Wheeler, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Beau Gibson, 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, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Boris Dyakov, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, James Jennings
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)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Austin Dean, Nancy Hall, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
Houston Grand Opera, John Packard, Frederica von Stade, 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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Brittany Wheeler, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman
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, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
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, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Patrick Summers, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Austin Dean, Bradley Blunt, Michael Sumuel, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Richard Bado, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
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)
James Jennings, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Michael Sumuel, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Beau Gibson, Brittany Wheeler, John Packard, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Richard Bado
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Mike Thompson, Tollak Ollestad, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Todd Sucherman, Patrick Summers, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
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)
Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen)
Austin Dean, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade
Scene 4 - The visiting room: All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Philip Cutlip
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, 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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Boris Dyakov, John Packard, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
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)
Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Michael Sumuel, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Boris Dyakov, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Philip Cutlip, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Richard Bado, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, John Packard, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Beau Gibson, Boris Dyakov, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)