JOSEPHINE SCHUESTER
☆ FULL NAME: Josephine "Josie" Lily Schuester ☆ GENDER: Ciswoman ☆ PRONOUNS: She/Her ☆ AGE: 36 (March 9th, 1988) ☆ TYPE: Full sibling; solo (open to twin) ☆ HOMETOWN: Columbus, Ohio ☆ JOB: Music Therapy Professor; Music Therapist ☆ SCHOOL: PSU Alumni ☆ SEXUALITY: Lesbian ☆ FACECLAIM: Brittany Snow
ABOUT JOSEPHINE
Being the first born Schuester, Josephine always knew that she had large shoes to fill. Her parents expected a lot out of her without ever really pressuring her, but she still listened nonetheless. They'd enrolling her in acting classes, vocal lessons, dancing lessons and everything in between, hoping that she would follow in Will's footsteps. Josephine absolutely loved it. She loved being surrounded by music, to watch people move their bodies in sync with a rhythm, the way they brought characters to life. It all fascinated her, and she grew quite fond of the community. The issue, however, was the Josephine wasn't good at any of it. Will had hoped that the more classes that she took, that there would be an improvement. Unfortunately, that never came. What she had in enthusiasm, she lacked in talent.
Josephine continued doing what she loved, though - she was oftentimes cast as the chorus, or the character that didn't have a line in the school play. She was rejected, but she didn't mind - she wanted to be like her father, and she was going to continue working at it. Around the time when Josephine was a teenager, she came to the realization that she just simply had no talent. The firstborn of Will Schuester had zero talent. Embarrassing, but she embraced it anyway. She still saw how music had transformed people, the way her father took so much care in the people he'd taught - and how it could change their lives. It was essentially therapy, she'd thought.
Which is exactly why she declared her major as Music Therapy. She fell in love with the subject, and learning more and more about both psychology and music changed her whole world. She was good at something and that was all that mattered to her.
After college and starting her career, Josephine met Addy Corcoran. The two fell in love quickly, and for a while, their relationship felt like the one stable thing in Josephine's life. But work became more demanding and she found herself increasingly consumed by work. The long hours started to create a rift between her and Addy. Josephine struggled to separate her professional life from her personal one, and the constant stress led to more and more fights. Despite how much she loves Addy, Josephine finds herself repeating the same mistakes —working too much and not knowing how to balance her career with her relationship.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
The very epitome of theater kid himself, Will Schuester’s life was always going to be surrounded by performance. Unfortunately for him, marrying his high school sweetheart, Terri, turned out to be more sour than sweet, and when their relationship turned toxic, with Terri faking a pregnancy in an effort to keep him around, Will had to give up on his then-dream job of coaching a winning high school Glee Club for free to focus on his main Spanish teaching job. When news of Terri’s fake pregnancy came to light, Will filed for divorce, seeking comfort in the arms of his colleague, the school’s guidance counselor, Emma Pillsbury. The two wed in the year to follow.
Supported by his new wife—who made more than him financially anyway—Will decided to quit his job as high school Spanish teacher, and instead secure a space to open a performing arts studio. The studio and its classes growing in popularity quickly, Will was approached by a production company interested in making a reality show. Soon, The Schue Must Go On, a show focusing on the studio’s child performers with Will the adult face as the main teacher and owner, was born. It was supposed to be something of a filler show, but it gained followers quickly, and soon America was obsessed with watching bratty children compete against each other in their dance, voice and acting classes under Will’s guidance, his family shooting to fame in the blink of an eye.
As parents, Will and Emma can be described best as helicopter parents. They’re very over-protective, and try to be involved in every aspect of their children’s lives, despite how busy they are with The Schue Must Go On, which, somehow, is still going strong and has spawned many an off-shoot instalment. Will is an esteemed performing arts coach, and has appeared as a guest judge on various talent shows (AGT, The Voice, DWTS, etc.) alongside his role as head of his studio, and of the Schuester family.