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