Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Houston Grand Opera, Matt Hune, Philip Cutlip, Heather Sanders, Brian Hamlin, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Richard Bado, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen)
Patrick Summers, Zander Shepeard, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Kathleen Manley, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, 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)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Beau Gibson, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
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)
Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, Hector Vasquez, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Bradley Blunt, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
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, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Austin Dean, Nancy Hall
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
Frederica von Stade, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera
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, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Brittany Wheeler, Frederica von Stade, John Packard, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Frederica von Stade, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, 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, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez
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, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Austin Dean, Bradley Blunt, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Frederica von Stade, Beau Gibson, John Packard, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Richard Bado, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
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)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Suzanne Mentzer, Hector Vasquez, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry, John Packard, Brittany Wheeler, Frederica von Stade, Richard Bado, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Todd Sucherman, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Philip Cutlip, Mike Thompson, Tollak Ollestad, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, James Jennings, 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)
Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, 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)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, 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)
Joyce DiDonato, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade, Austin Dean, 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)
Hector Vasquez, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Boris Dyakov, Philip Cutlip, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, 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, 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)
Michael Sumuel, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt
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)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, 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)
Wesley Landry, Richard Bado, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Boris Dyakov, Bradley Blunt, Beau Gibson, Michael Sumuel, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Hector Vasquez, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)