Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Philip Cutlip, Matt Hune, Houston Grand Opera, Brian Hamlin, Patrick Summers, 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)
Kathleen Manley, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Michael Sumuel, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Boris Dyakov, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Nancy Hall, Houston Grand Opera, Austin Dean, 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, 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, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, 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)
Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Patrick Summers, John Packard
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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers, John Packard
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)
Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip
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)
Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
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)
Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Austin Dean, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, John Packard, Frederica von Stade, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Richard Bado, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Bradley Blunt, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Richard Bado, Brittany Wheeler, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, John Packard, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Beau Gibson
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Tollak Ollestad, Mike Thompson, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Todd Sucherman, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip
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)
Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Austin Dean, 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, Frederica von Stade, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Suzanne Mentzer, Boris Dyakov, John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Michael Sumuel, Boris Dyakov, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Philip Cutlip, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Bradley Blunt, 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)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, 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, John Packard, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Boris Dyakov, Leslie Biffle, Beau Gibson, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Richard Bado, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)