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