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