( ooc; application ) COMING IN BITS AND PIECES, BEAR WITH ME.
OOC Information
Name: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE ME hm.
Personal Journal: countersparking
AIM/MSN/IM: songs we knew on AIM, and m.pluzhnikov04as at gmail dot com on e-mail.
IC Information
Name: Adam O'Shea Lauderdale
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Vocal type: Tenor
Appearance: A few lines detailing what your character’s physique and general appearance.
Background: Where to start, where to start?
From the beginning would be a plan, but even then it isn’t particularly simple. Born in Dublin, Adam spent his early childhood in the care of his rather imposing mother, a disillusioned lady who turned to Catholicism when her relationship with Adam’s rather relaxed and free spirited father fell apart. She took the boy to church so regularly that by the age of six he had learned a great number of biblical passages off by heart. He had always displayed a rather fantastic memory, and only ever came alive in church when he had the chance to sing hymns; the reverend always remarked upon what a wonderful addition he would be to the young boys’ choir. Adam’s mother, however, thought singing was far too trivial a pastime, and would never hear of it.
Despite all her attempts to push Adam to more academic activities, hoping that one day her son would wander the halls of Oxford or Cambridge instead of his tatty primary school corridors, Carrie O’Shea had little influence over her son. A taciturn child with average results at school, he never made much of an impression on anyone who met him. When he was nine, Carrie gave up. She was a very strong minded woman who always wanted to get her way, but when it didn’t work, she would try to remove the issue entirely from her life. She saw too much of his father’s looks in Adam, imagined too much of his laissez faire attitude, when in fact beyond outward appearances Adam and his father were entirely unlike each other.
A few long phone calls and unpleasant phone bills later, Adam was practically shoved onto a plane with his small suitcase, and shipped all the way from Dublin to Los Angeles. Jonathan Lauderdale was a successful writer and freelance journalist, not exactly the right sort of material for a father, but certainly not bad material either. Adam was welcomed into his life with surprising geniality, and settled into the considerably more luxurious life of his father with ease. All in all, the change didn’t seem like a bad thing, right?
Adam and Jonathan’s relationship was, at best, lukewarm.
Constantly buried in his work and rarely at home, Adam never had much of a chance to build a relationship with his father, instead being the recipient of just about anything he asked for. His time in Los Angeles was uneventful. He made a few friends and no enemies, and seemed entirely happy to stay outside of the limelight.
Aged thirteen, a more solid, fulltime job opportunity at the New York Times caused Adam to be uprooted once again, this time relocating to the other side of the United States. Despite the job itself being Manhattan based, Jonathan preferred the spacious qualities of a Brooklyn loft, and Adam started over in a regular old inner city school, where a more boisterous friend somehow persuaded a sceptical Adam, whose interest in performance and music had deteriorated since his Sundays spent in church, to audition for his school’s production of Twelfth Night.
Much to the endless surprise and pleasure of the small (but decidedly brutal) drama department, they seemed to have discovered a strange Irish fourteen year old who sang excellently, albeit with a somewhat untrained quality to it.
Consequently cast as Feste, largely due to his singing ability and to provide a “perfect end” to the play, as they said, this marked the beginning of Adam’s rediscovery of what was essentially a long lost dream. In subsequent years Adam assailed the ranks of his school’s theatrical elite - of which, admittedly, there were few - and he was regularly cast in major roles for school productions following Twelfth Night. Eventually he came to the decision that he didn’t want to go to college. He wanted to pursue acting. Jonathan was quite happy to help Adam go ahead with this, though it was simply a mild paternal desire to see his son settle into something that would occupy him above anything else. Through a lot of hard work and support from his teachers and classmates, Adam finally found himself attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He progressed very well there, even though his teachers at the Conservatory had initially been somewhat doubtful as to the extent of his passion for the arts. He overcame their expectations however with a very focused and dedicated approach to his classes, even if off the stage he was still ever the quiet and distant young man he had always been.
After three years at the Conservatory, Adam was offered the chance to study abroad, at either the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, or the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey. Though a little daunted by the thought of returning to his home city, Adam initially chose Gaiety, seeing it as a chance to show his mum, with whom he’d had little contact since moving to the States.
This plan backfired spectacularly. Carrie was no more impressed or proud of her son than she had been the day he had left her, over a decade ago. She only agreed to meet with him once after his return, and made it perfectly clear that she saw no future for Adam, that he was wasting his life on something that he’d want to forget about soon enough. She told him he would regret never trying hard enough at anything else and going for a “lazy choice”. Less than three months spent in Dublin, Adam applied to transfer from Gaiety to Guildford, though the school was sad to see him go. His feedback remained largely the same; to try and exude more outward devotion to the arts rather than only on the stage. He had incredible energy under the hot theatre lights, and moved well despite being a slightly questionable dancing skills.
Adam spent the rest of his academic year in Guildford before returning to graduate from the New York Conservatory, his references from school and talents earning him a brief but successful stint on Broadway as the understudy for the role of Boq in Wicked. Following this he moved himself to London and starred in a wide variety of musicals and plays, never really achieving much simply because his aloof nature set him apart from others in his industry, and not in a good way.
Towards the later years of his life, Adam’s relationship with his father warmed considerably when Jonathan realised that Adam felt about theatre as he felt about writing. They found a common ground in working towards something that they loved, and Jonathan has since become a more important part of Adam’s life, even moving to London when Adam’s career moved across the pond, taking up a job at the Times in order to continue supporting him.
Personality: Although there is no minimum word count for this section the moderators are looking for interesting and well-thought out characters.
Strengths: Any theatrical talents or abilities your character possesses. Here is a good place to include styles of dance, acting methods or character/role types that your character is proficient in.
Weaknesses: All well-rounded characters have their flaws. List them here!
Name: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE ME hm.
Personal Journal: countersparking
AIM/MSN/IM: songs we knew on AIM, and m.pluzhnikov04as at gmail dot com on e-mail.
IC Information
Name: Adam O'Shea Lauderdale
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Vocal type: Tenor
Appearance: A few lines detailing what your character’s physique and general appearance.
Background: Where to start, where to start?
From the beginning would be a plan, but even then it isn’t particularly simple. Born in Dublin, Adam spent his early childhood in the care of his rather imposing mother, a disillusioned lady who turned to Catholicism when her relationship with Adam’s rather relaxed and free spirited father fell apart. She took the boy to church so regularly that by the age of six he had learned a great number of biblical passages off by heart. He had always displayed a rather fantastic memory, and only ever came alive in church when he had the chance to sing hymns; the reverend always remarked upon what a wonderful addition he would be to the young boys’ choir. Adam’s mother, however, thought singing was far too trivial a pastime, and would never hear of it.
Despite all her attempts to push Adam to more academic activities, hoping that one day her son would wander the halls of Oxford or Cambridge instead of his tatty primary school corridors, Carrie O’Shea had little influence over her son. A taciturn child with average results at school, he never made much of an impression on anyone who met him. When he was nine, Carrie gave up. She was a very strong minded woman who always wanted to get her way, but when it didn’t work, she would try to remove the issue entirely from her life. She saw too much of his father’s looks in Adam, imagined too much of his laissez faire attitude, when in fact beyond outward appearances Adam and his father were entirely unlike each other.
A few long phone calls and unpleasant phone bills later, Adam was practically shoved onto a plane with his small suitcase, and shipped all the way from Dublin to Los Angeles. Jonathan Lauderdale was a successful writer and freelance journalist, not exactly the right sort of material for a father, but certainly not bad material either. Adam was welcomed into his life with surprising geniality, and settled into the considerably more luxurious life of his father with ease. All in all, the change didn’t seem like a bad thing, right?
Adam and Jonathan’s relationship was, at best, lukewarm.
Constantly buried in his work and rarely at home, Adam never had much of a chance to build a relationship with his father, instead being the recipient of just about anything he asked for. His time in Los Angeles was uneventful. He made a few friends and no enemies, and seemed entirely happy to stay outside of the limelight.
Aged thirteen, a more solid, fulltime job opportunity at the New York Times caused Adam to be uprooted once again, this time relocating to the other side of the United States. Despite the job itself being Manhattan based, Jonathan preferred the spacious qualities of a Brooklyn loft, and Adam started over in a regular old inner city school, where a more boisterous friend somehow persuaded a sceptical Adam, whose interest in performance and music had deteriorated since his Sundays spent in church, to audition for his school’s production of Twelfth Night.
Much to the endless surprise and pleasure of the small (but decidedly brutal) drama department, they seemed to have discovered a strange Irish fourteen year old who sang excellently, albeit with a somewhat untrained quality to it.
Consequently cast as Feste, largely due to his singing ability and to provide a “perfect end” to the play, as they said, this marked the beginning of Adam’s rediscovery of what was essentially a long lost dream. In subsequent years Adam assailed the ranks of his school’s theatrical elite - of which, admittedly, there were few - and he was regularly cast in major roles for school productions following Twelfth Night. Eventually he came to the decision that he didn’t want to go to college. He wanted to pursue acting. Jonathan was quite happy to help Adam go ahead with this, though it was simply a mild paternal desire to see his son settle into something that would occupy him above anything else. Through a lot of hard work and support from his teachers and classmates, Adam finally found himself attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He progressed very well there, even though his teachers at the Conservatory had initially been somewhat doubtful as to the extent of his passion for the arts. He overcame their expectations however with a very focused and dedicated approach to his classes, even if off the stage he was still ever the quiet and distant young man he had always been.
After three years at the Conservatory, Adam was offered the chance to study abroad, at either the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, or the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey. Though a little daunted by the thought of returning to his home city, Adam initially chose Gaiety, seeing it as a chance to show his mum, with whom he’d had little contact since moving to the States.
This plan backfired spectacularly. Carrie was no more impressed or proud of her son than she had been the day he had left her, over a decade ago. She only agreed to meet with him once after his return, and made it perfectly clear that she saw no future for Adam, that he was wasting his life on something that he’d want to forget about soon enough. She told him he would regret never trying hard enough at anything else and going for a “lazy choice”. Less than three months spent in Dublin, Adam applied to transfer from Gaiety to Guildford, though the school was sad to see him go. His feedback remained largely the same; to try and exude more outward devotion to the arts rather than only on the stage. He had incredible energy under the hot theatre lights, and moved well despite being a slightly questionable dancing skills.
Adam spent the rest of his academic year in Guildford before returning to graduate from the New York Conservatory, his references from school and talents earning him a brief but successful stint on Broadway as the understudy for the role of Boq in Wicked. Following this he moved himself to London and starred in a wide variety of musicals and plays, never really achieving much simply because his aloof nature set him apart from others in his industry, and not in a good way.
Towards the later years of his life, Adam’s relationship with his father warmed considerably when Jonathan realised that Adam felt about theatre as he felt about writing. They found a common ground in working towards something that they loved, and Jonathan has since become a more important part of Adam’s life, even moving to London when Adam’s career moved across the pond, taking up a job at the Times in order to continue supporting him.
Personality: Although there is no minimum word count for this section the moderators are looking for interesting and well-thought out characters.
Strengths: Any theatrical talents or abilities your character possesses. Here is a good place to include styles of dance, acting methods or character/role types that your character is proficient in.
Weaknesses: All well-rounded characters have their flaws. List them here!