“The Cry of La Llorona” performed by Graciela Rodriguez. (courtesy of Greenway Arts Alliance)

Greenway Arts Alliance is hosting a limited engagement of “Ghost Stories: The Dead Can’t Dance,” a collection of haunting ghost stories that will spook and thrill through an immersive, cross-cultural evening of music, theatre and dance.

The spooktacular production features the stories of Buster Williams, written and performed by Michael D. McCarty; “The Dance,” inspired by “The Dance,” a folktale from Kingsville, Texas, written by Mohammed Ali Ojarigi and performed by Ina Bucker-Barnette; and Broken Cries, written by Joe Luis Cedillo and performed by Graciela Rodriguez.

The original theatrical production is directed by Pierson Blaetz and co-directed by Ali Ojarigi, with choreography by Imani Estese, set and lighting design by Jack James Lawson, music direction by Smiley Bone Jones. Performances run from Oct.17-30 at Greenway Court Theatre, located at 544 N. Fairfax Ave. Tickets are available at greenwaycourttheatre.org.