Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen)
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Jon Kolbet, Cullen King, Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Leslie Biffle, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Austin Dean, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Richard Bado, Beau Gibson, Michael Sumuel, James Jennings, John Packard, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Suzanne Mentzer
Heggie: Dead Man Walking, Act I
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, Frederica von Stade, James Jennings, John Packard, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Bradley Blunt, Jon Kolbet, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Beau Gibson, Brittany Wheeler, Michael Sumuel, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Richard Bado
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Boris Dyakov, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
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, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Richard Bado, Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Suzanne Mentzer, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, John Packard, Jon Kolbet, Boris Dyakov, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Beau Gibson, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)