Prison Break - Actor In

(He picks up the imaginary bolt, turns it over in his fingers.)

Here’s a short monologue for an actor playing a character in Prison Break — specifically, someone like (the mastermind) or an original inmate trying to survive and escape. Title: The Last Piece (Dim lights. The actor sits on a metal stool, hands cuffed loosely in front. He stares at a single imaginary bolt on the floor.)

They think we’re animals in here. But animals don’t count footsteps. Animals don’t know that the water pipe in cell 18 and the steam pipe in the laundry room share a wall — and that wall is just old brick and desperation. actor in prison break

(He stands slowly, back straight.)

(quietly, almost to himself) Thirty-two seconds. That’s how long the guard lingers at the end of C-Block. Long enough to light a cigarette, check his phone, forget he’s watching anyone. (He picks up the imaginary bolt, turns it

(He slips the imaginary bolt into his palm, makes a fist.)

So.

(He looks up — directly at the audience — like they’re his cellmate.)