It’s a zombie life for the Tri-Cities mother-and-daughter acting duo of Melissa and Alison Auer. They appear in The Riverfront Playhouse’s encore presentation of “Night of the Living Dead: The Musical” by Jack Schultz, on stage at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 1.

With script and lyrics by Schultz, and 11 new songs written by him and Kathleen Dooley, the play is based on the cult movie “Night of the Living Dead” by George Romero and John Russo. It tells the story of seven people trapped in a rural house by re-animated corpses who hunt down the living to subsist on human flesh.

Schultz penned the Riverfront staple, “Fat Bill’s Roadside Cafe,” which has been presented 14 times in the past 20 years in nine different versions.

The special effects wizard for “Living Dead” is Shawn Dooley.

“Body parts, organs and blood will be a part of the show, so the squeamish should be forewarned,” Schultz said.

For reservations, call (630) 897-9496. The playhouse is at 11-13 South Water Street Mall in downtown Aurora, just west of Route 25 and across the river from the Paramount Arts Centre on Galena Boulevard.