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