“I used to be in a circus over the summer while I was in high school. It would be nice to go back. I guess it’s wrapped up in my desire to be a kid again.”

—Carolyn A. Sheehan

LARA M. HIRNER ’05

“Oh—and I was an extra in ‘Fever Pitch.’”

“In what?”

“Fever Pitch.”

I nod knowingly, but I am not fooling my subject.

“It’s a movie.”

“Right.”

“Don’t worry. I haven’t even seen it yet.”

And so, the graceful Lara M. Hirner ’05 swoops in.

The new Farrelly Brother’s comedy is not, as it turns out, about music. I won’t bore you with further details. But, if the film doesn’t quite fit into Lara’s staggering lineup of musical and acting accomplishments, it’s the rare exception.

“I’ve been singing my whole life,” she says. “I grew up in a musical household. I was always doing shows, choir, everything I possibly could… In high school half of my schedule was music. I played in the String Ensemble, the Orchestra, I sang in the Choir and took composition and theory classes, was in all the musicals.”