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