Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen)
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Boris Dyakov
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Patrick Summers, Cullen King, Richard Bado, Jon Kolbet, Frederica von Stade, Suzanne Mentzer, Leslie Biffle, Beau Gibson, John Packard, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Bradley Blunt, Austin Dean, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry
Heggie: Dead Man Walking, Act I
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)
Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Measha Brueggergosman, Jon Kolbet, Hector Vasquez, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Cheryl Parrish, Patrick Summers, Brittany Wheeler, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Beau Gibson, John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Bradley Blunt, Richard Bado, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera
Hector Vasquez, Patrick Summers, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Wesley Landry
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Michael Sumuel, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Boris Dyakov
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
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)
Patrick Summers, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Jon Kolbet, Michael Sumuel, Suzanne Mentzer, Hector Vasquez, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, Richard Bado, John Packard, Boris Dyakov, Wesley Landry, Cheryl Parrish, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Beau Gibson
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)