Not everyone can say they’ve been to the Big Apple, but [ NICOLE CHU ], a [ FORTY THREE ] year-old [ CIS FEMALE ] has lived in [ QUEENS ] for [ TWENTY FIVE YEARS ]. This is the city of dreams and [ SHE ] knows it, because they came to NYC to be an [ THEATRE DIRECTOR ].. Living in the city means they meet all kinds of people, but everyone always seems to think they look like [ SANDRA OH ]. They even got away with free cab fare once because of it!
SPEED ROUND.
full name: nicole (니콜) vero-chu
nicknames: nic, nikki, cole, collie
birthday: january 26th
astrological sign: aquarius
STORY SO FAR.
Nicole Chu was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska and was the daughter of two high school educators -- algebra and history, respectively. While Nicole was always a successful child academically (as if there was much of a choice), she found her passion to be more in the direction of the arts.
She loved to be the center of attention, drawing the eyes of a room to herself and commanding the space. First she thought that passion would lead her to the stage -- she took the lead in every school play that the town had to offer and even had her mother driving her back and forth to community theatres in a three county radius as well.
While her parents pushed her to study tech, Nicole ended up with a scholarship to the Yale School of Drama. While she had every intention of being an actress, her freshman year at the school was discouraging and she quickly got the impression that she was the little fish in a big pond. However, it was in a directing class her sophomore year that Nicole discovered where she really shined. She liked to be the leader, in charge of the vision of the production and the creative control. She’d always liked to have things ‘just so’, and her eye for detail worked greatly in her favor.
Degree and a portfolio of connections in hand, Nicole made her way to New York after graduation and hit the ground running taking any backstage work she could find.
In her late twenties, Nicole found herself directing an Off Off Broadway prodution of Jennifers Body: The Musical. It quickly became an undeground cult classic, the buzz enough to get it promoted to an actual Broadway theatre. The mix of gore, humor, and catchy songs look the New York theatre scene by storm, and Nicole became the youngest Tony winner for ‘Best Direction of a Musical’ by total upset at the age of twenty-eight.
After that came some hit revivals, a Broadway production of Disney’s Lilo and Stitch that garnered her her second Tony nomination and, most recently, a disasterous production of Avatar: The Musical -- brought down shortly after previews by a wildly massive budget, extensive runtime, and chaotic stunt disasters.
Along with the hit to her professional reputation, it also had an effect on her marriage to her long time love Rue Vero. The two divorced while the show was in workshops, and it’s widely rumored that the show tanked because Nicole’s focus was pulled.
Now, Nicole is in search of her next inspiration or project, looking to gain back credibility to her theatrical name.
PERSONALITY.
- inspirational, ingenius, resourceful
- blunt, sarcastic, bossy
BITS n BATS.
- owns two cats named carol channing and ethel merman
- rides a yellow bike
- has a sharp memory -- is always off book before the show is even finalized casting
- keeps firing personal assistants because she can do it
CURRENT CONNECTIONS.
- rue vero @ruevero -- ex wife, trying to figure shit out
- angel rojas @angelsrojas -- found family, like the brother she never asked for
WANTED CONNECTIONS.
-- friends! she’s been in the city for so long and i imagine her having a huge found family. (or maybe friends who picked sides in the divorce?)
-- hook ups! babes probably been hoeing just a little since the divorce/career crisis so being in charge in the bedroom has probably helped her work out some stress idk
-- theatre community! the theatre world is small and all about who you know! give me people who have acted in her productions in the past or want to in the future! people who want to collaborate with her or dish with her about stage drama!
nicole is a brand new little ball of clay so if you wanna help me mold her just hit me up!
bendela#8730
