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