Second Generation Theatre Reveals 2024-2025 Season Lineup
Learn more about the full season lineup here!
Second Generation Theatre will present a season of underdogs- of differing voices and opinions, and of staying true to yourself no matter the odds. Whether you're a German rock'n'roll goddess, a modern day college student, or an awkward 12 year old, 2024-2025 truly has something for everyone.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is brought to you by the directorial team behind CABARET (Best of WNY Best Presentation of a Classic Musical 2023). Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee features an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents competing for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! This fast-paced crowd please will leave you laughing; L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G.
Directed by Kristin Bentley, Choreographed by Kelly Copps, Music Direction by Allan Paglia.
The Niceties
The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess, begins when Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor's office to discuss her paper about slavery's effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power. Directed by Gabriella J. McKinley, recently seen as Celie in THE COLOR PURPLE (SGT's 2023 collaboration with Ujima and Shea's 710).
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The season closes with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring celebrated Buffalo drag queen, Vanna Deux. This award-winning cult favorite tells the story of "internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig; a fourth-wall smashing East German rock ‘n' roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation. This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking band “The Angry Inch.” Directed by Michael Gilbert-Wachowiak (CONSTELLATIONS, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG), with music Direction by Allan Paglia.
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Rent Shea's Smith Theatre (1/29-2/14) |
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Tony N'' Tina''s Wedding Shea's Smith Theatre (3/05-3/21) |
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The Lion King Auditorium Theatre (4/28-5/16) |
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The Golden Girls - The Lost Episodes Viii Shea's Smith Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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Sister''s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi''s Gold Shea's Smith Theatre (12/23-12/23) |
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'Equus' by Peter Shaffer Reid Castle Events (7/30-8/02) |
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SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company Shea's Buffalo Theatre (11/20-11/20) |
!["[CANCELED]" NYSCA-Funded Performance in Buffalo: Bridging Acts in Buffalo](https://cloudimages.broadwayworld.com/regionalshows/nd6a424ee091430.jpg)
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"[CANCELED]" NYSCA-Funded Performance in Buffalo: Bridging Acts Center for the Arts - University at Buffalo (7/25-7/25) |
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'Glam-Folk' Comes to HOMER, NY December 5th - Slambovian Circus of Dreams Center for the Arts of Homer (12/05-12/05) |
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Christo Sedgewick Live Hot Mama's Canteen (7/24-7/25) |