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