Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Brian Hamlin, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Matt Hune, Heather Sanders
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Richard Bado, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, 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)
Zander Shepeard, Kathleen Manley, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Brittany Wheeler
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)
James Jennings, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson
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)
Hector Vasquez, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Boris Dyakov, James Jennings
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, 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)
Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, John Packard
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)
Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Brittany Wheeler, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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, Hector Vasquez, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Richard Bado, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Austin Dean, Bradley Blunt, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet
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, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Brittany Wheeler, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Richard Bado, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Tollak Ollestad, Mike Thompson, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Hector Vasquez, Todd Sucherman, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Philip Cutlip, 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)
James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Bradley Blunt, 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, 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)
Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Austin Dean, Frederica von Stade, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Frederica von Stade, Boris Dyakov, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato
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)
Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, John Packard, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera
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)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson, Joyce DiDonato, Hector Vasquez
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)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Richard Bado, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Boris Dyakov, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, John Packard, Beau Gibson, Hector Vasquez, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)