Take a Seat!

2nd Gen is proud to announce assigned seating in the Shea’s Smith for the 2026-2027 season. Subscribers will get first preference by purchasing early, but all seats will be assigned. “We’re excited about this option as it helps you secure the seats...

Mean Girls

MEAN GIRLS Book by Tina Fey Music by Jeff Richmond, Lyrics by Nell Benjamin Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naive newbie falls prey to a trio of...

PROOF

PROOF By David Auburn Catherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, Robert. When he dies she has more than grief to deal with: There’s her estranged sister, Claire, and Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable...

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Book by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming Music & Lyrics  by Laurence O’Keefe Based on an actual tabloid story, Bat Boy: The Musical is a comedy/horror show about a half-boy/half-bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls,...

mamma mia!

MAMMA MIA! Music and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON & BJÖRN ULVAEUS And some songs with STIG ANDERSON Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON  Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMER    MAMMA MIA! is the perfect show to beat the Buffalo winter blues! With fast-paced dance numbers...
hedwig and the angry inch

hedwig and the angry inch

hedwig and the angry inch Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask Book by John Cameron Mitchell This groundbreaking Obie-winning Off-Broadway smash tells the story of “internationally ignored” rock goddess, Hedwig Schmidt, a fourth-wall smashing East German punk rock...

Pure Glitter

PURE GLITTER By Douglas Lyons Join 2nd Gen for this thrilling regional premiere! Stan throws a surprise party for his husband and everyone is there- even some uninvited guests. As exes collide and cocktails fly, this celebratory evening asks one tight group of gays to...

God of Carnage

GOD OF CARNAGE By Yasmina Reza A comedy of manners with no manners! Two couples meet to discuss a fight between their children. As drinks are poured and gloves come off, what began as a polite discussion devolves into off-the-walls chaos. TICKETS To purchase tickets...

Urinetown

URINETOWN Music by Mark Hollman Lyrics by Mark Hollman & Greg Kotis Book by Greg Kotis Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural...