The perils of being an actor

I had an audition today for a play and...auditions are bad enough because, I, like most actors, hate/loathe/abhor having to perform a monologue. (But that's a soapbox of its very own.) But to make the experience even worse, when I arrived at the theater, the little lobby area was DEAD quiet, which was a bit odd because usually there's the hub bub of filling out forms and actors kind of walking around mumbling their material to themselves, but no one was moving an inch and I could literally hear a pin drop and I soon realized why...because the "stage area" where we were to audition, was about 15 feet away from the "little lobby area" with just a curtain separating us from a live audition going on...which meant a few things- all of which were bad.

1. I could not make a peep, walk off my nerves, etc...as to not disturb the auditions.
2. I was forced to listen to everybody else's audition which was a bit weird and which or course meant...
3. Everyone would be able to hear mine.

All not cool things to add to the already stressful situation. In fact, I even got thrown a bit by it all because when I went in, I said hello and all that, but then just introduced my piece, forgetting to introduce myself. And of COURSE, they called me on it. I mean they weren't jerks about it, they just asked what my name was, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE LOOKING RIGHT AT MY HEAD SHOT. I responded in true actress fashion and did the whole "bat my eyelashes and try to look cute" face and said my name, since I WAS auditioning for three guys.

I think it worked. Now if I can just get a call back...