OAKLEY, Ohio -- A female cast member of a Christmas nativity show at a church who was injured when she fell during the performance Wednesday night has died, Cincinnati television station WLWT reported.

According to a statement from the Crossroads Church in Oakley, Ohio, Keri Shryock, 23, a cast member from "Awaited: A Christmas Show," fell about 20 feet from a suspension harness during the opening night of the show. Medical personnel attended to her and transferred her to University Hospital, where she died on Thursday morning.

Shryock, of Sylvania, Ohio, was a graduate student at Xavier University and a 2008 graduate of Bowling Green State University.

Shryock was playing the role of one of three wise men who were suspended by cables in the air over the audience when one of the cables malfunctioned, according to Jennifer Lilley, a witness who was at the show.

She fell to the floor in the aisle and didn't move, Lilley said.

Medics were called and the audience was directed to leave, Lilley said.

The church has canceled all remaining performances. It was set to run 11 times through Christmas Eve. The show is billed by the church as a contemporary nativity story, involving dance, rhythmic movement and music, including a 100-person choir and full band.

Shryock worked in the Office of Commuter Services and Off Campus Living at Xavier University.