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