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