The above plays
do not include school productions.
Community Service:
Volunteers once a week at a local thrift shop (this began as community
service required by an arrest), helps run a drama club at the local
elementary school.
Siblings at MPA: none. His older
brother Bill is graduated from college and is a lawyer. His younger
sister Susie is at a private junior high in Chicago.
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Appearance:
Jensen is around 5'9", an average height for his average looks. With
brown hair and deep hazel eyes, his earth toned clothes usually blend
in rather than bring out his features. Clad in mostly snug fitting
t-shirts and jeans, Jensen is lean and well-toned. His clothes are
high-end but not over-the-top expensive or extravagant; though he has
the money, he chooses to dress high middle class. With some minor acne,
he is not drop-dead gorgeous but instead "moderately attractive."
Whatever the hell that means. You decide.
Jensen has a scar in
his left eyebrow, similar to Holly Marie Combs. He got this in
elementary school while jumping from one tower on the playground to
another. Needless to say, he miscalculated the jump. Let's not judge
him too harshly--after all, he was playing Blind Man's Bluff and had
his eyes closed.
Personality: Jensen loves to joke around
with people--and sometimes his joking can get annoying since he never
lets on too much information. On the whole he is a good guy--he just
doesn't know when to stop. He gets into trouble sometimes because he
doesn't always think before he acts, but at the core he is he lovable
and sweet. Even though he's a "trouble maker", most teachers still like
him a whole lot. Jensen loves pulling pranks and, being an actor, he
loves doing impersonations.
Jensen doesn't really fall into any
social cliques. His personality is much too bubbly and adorkable to
alienate him from any single group. But, at the same time, this lack of
social identity also provides Jensen with superficial friendships. He
has nobody close to really confide in.
While Jensen can
usually be found with his trademark grin, he is not all kicks and
giggles. He has been known to get into fights; he normally doesn't
start them, but he can be provoked so long as you know which buttons to
press. He is willing to get drunk, break the rules, break the law, and
whatever. He's up for most anything.
Being insanely rich,
Jensen is used to getting what he wants and takes advantage of his
freedom. At the same time, however, he is a very self-conscious about
his money. He can't live without it but he hates the way he feels
around public school kids and middle class/poor people. He doesn't
think he owes them anything but he always feels judged by them. He
hates that people have a preconceived notion about his personality just
because he's rich. There's more to him than his money and he wishes
people could just accept that.
Jensen loves to look at the
ladies and he loves to flirt like crazy. But he won't really go any
further than kissing with any girl. He won't get into a relationship
and he won't tell anyone why. He's very tight-lipped about his romantic
past. A lot of people have their suspicions that he's gay--since he is
a drama buff and he won't have a girlfriend--but that's all they are:
suspicions.
Likes: Jensen likes most things. He's not a
very good student, but he's interested in a little of everything: math,
science, literature, history. His favorite superhero is Spiderman and
don't even try to argue that Batman is cooler. His favorite color is
screaming orange or flamingo pink (ask him about flamingo pink,
sometime, haha). He is a member of speech/forensics and his main events
are OC and HDA. His little sister is obsessed with figure skating and
Jensen takes her to practice so he's not a bad ice skater himself. He
rather enjoys the activity--and besides, what better way to meet chicks?
Dislikes:
Jensen hates his father and his big brother. He can't stand when people
listen to headphones too loudly or chew in quiet areas. He hates cell
phones and texting. He hates when people make assumptions about him
because he's rich. Jensen doesn't really like movies all that much;
he's more interested in television. Jensen doesn't like large crowds or
huge productions; he'd rather be on a small stage with a modest budget.
Dreams:
Jensen wants to be an actor with a small stage company that does weekly
shows for small audiences. He has no desire to go to college or to
become a big famous movie star. He simply likes to act and wants to do
that for a living. Deep down, Jensen also wants to reconcile with his
father and be loved for who he is. He very much wants to know his
mother.
Fears: Jensen is afraid that he'll be disowned by his
father if he doesn't go to college. He's afraid the divorce has
seriously messed up his little sister. And Jensen is very afraid of
getting into any serious relationships with girls.
Parents' Names and Occupations: William Harrison Pickle II (divorce lawyer - very rich - inherited money)
Sandra (divorced from Jensen's father; Jensen hasn't seen her in years)
Grandparents: William Harrison Pickle I
Siblings and Ages:William Harrison Pickle III, aka Bill (24 yrs old, the success story, a pompous ass)
Susie (11 yrs old, at a school in Chicago, depressed)
History:Jensen
Pickle is the second-born son in the 5th generation of the Pickle line.
His father, Mr. William Harrison Pickle, holds great pride in the
family name and the social status it carries. The Pickle family is
filthy rich with old money but Jensen hates being so rich and he sees
very little point in "living up to the Pickle name." As a result,
Jensen and his father are constantly at each other's throats; Mr.
William Harrison Pickle has already threatened to disown Jensen twice.
From
an early age, Jensen was sent to private school. He's always been
forced to attend all the fancy parties that his parents throw despite
the fact that he abhors the high society lifestyle. In middle school,
he decided he wanted to be an actor but his father told him such a
career wasn't good enough for a Pickle. Ever since, Jensen has been
compared to his older brother Bill. Unlike Jensen, Bill is a "good
son," who went into law and upholds the family name.
Though it
puts a strain on his relationship to Mr. William Harrison Pickle,
Jensen has every intention of not going to college and instead getting
a job at a small stage theater the second he finishes high school. He
doesn't want to be a big star and he's not trying to make a name for
himself--he simply wants to act because he enjoys it.
When
Jensen was 11, his mother divorced his father. Jensen never saw his
mother again and he hates her for leaving. He also hates his father for
not caring that she left. Jensen's younger sister took the divorce
really hard and Jensen has felt responsible for her ever since. She
just wants the family to be whole again and has tried to find their
mother on multiple occasions--all to no avail. Nobody knows where she
is.
Jensen got kicked out of his first private school during
junior high. He was expelled for an elaborate prank he pulled, which
involved a pool and some rubber ducks. Upset with Jensen, his father
shipped him off to New York where Jensen managed to get through middle
school and Freshman year. He started dating a girl named Jodie and they
got pretty intense. After they broke up, Jensen flunked out of school
and got kicked out for the second time. Sent back home to Chicago,
Jensen enrolled in another private h/s where he quickly got kicked out
for pranks and truancy.
As a last resort, Mr. William Harrison
Pickle has sent Jensen to MPA, one of the only decent schools left
willing to accept Jensen based on his history and grades. Mr. William
Harrison Pickle is extremely upset that his son isn't at the most
prestigious school in the world, but he'd rather have Jensen at a
private school than (*shudder*) a public school. And, Jensen, for his
part, is trying to keep up--because he doesn't want to be disowned.
