Speculating on his future, Kirshner's face crinkles in amused uncertainty.

"I have five years at Quincy, and then let's see how it goes,” he says. “Retire? Oh geeze, I'm not ready yet. I'm just getting good."

Jim Augustine `01

Senior James C. “Jim” Augustine `01 dances down the street and then proceeds to leap down the stairs into Winthrop dining hall with his famous exuberance and enthusiasm.

On stage at Harvard, it is this boundless energy that has kept students entertained all year.

Over the past year, Augustine produced the musical Sweet Charity, hosted the Callbacks and Din and Tonics holiday show, starred in productions including Into the Woods, played Full House’s Michelle Tanner in The B.J. Show and cracked up audiences as a member of On Thin Ice.

Augustine is ready to move on to bigger thing s now.

“I feel like the things I’ve studied aren’t enough anymore, and if I didn’t have that feeling, I’d be really depressed about leaving,” he says.

To pursue his performance dreams, the day following commencement, Augustine plans on moving to New York, in style of course.

“I have this idea of what it means to move to New York. I have one bag with everything I can fit into it and my wallet with all the money I have,” he describes.

In New York, he plans to train in choreography, singing, dancing and acting.

“I don’t know which one to pick yet,” he muses. “I want to do as much as possible.”

For someone pursuing a career in entertainment, Augustine is surprisingly wary about fame.

“I think fame is dangerous. It pigeonholes you, and right now I think I’m limited by my amount of exposure. I still have 40 years left to expose myself,” he laughs.