Arts
Hamden High School is home to Hamden Mainstage Ensemble, the school's resident theatre company. The fall plays and spring musicals are normally directed by Mr. Eric Nyquist, one of the HHS acting teachers. The winter plays are directed by Mr. Tim Brown, another acting teacher at HHS. Hamden Mainstage shows have high attendance rates, especially for the spring musicals. In 2010, Backstage Ensemble was created. It is a completely student-run branch of Mainstage Ensemble. The first show was "The Last Five Years". And in 2011 they presented their sophomore production of Sondheim's "Putting It Together." The production was directed by Leroy J.R. Walton
In 2010, student Justin Ahn (class of 2011) was named to play clarinet with the United States All-American Marching Band which is part of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The game was nationally televised on NBC in January 2011.
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