What could an audition hurt?

Trisha figured she could do it. She needed to enhance her public speaking skills. Plus, since she wasn't prepared, she wouldn't be selected anyways. So, she turned back to the girl in the glasses and smiled and nodded, walking towards the stage.

"You aren't going to show off the wardrobe you picked out? The scene has your character in your underwear, so I assumed that's why you checked those out." The girl asked.

Trisha blushed. She was now expected to do an audition in her underwear, just because Shawna stole them and donated them? It was outrageous, but she quickly ran back behind the curtain to undress again, now emerging in her modest underwear. She skiddishly stepped onto the stage, her arms crossed over her chest, trying to block out all the eyes on her. Except she made the mistake of locking eyes with Shawna, who was grinning ear to ear.

"You think this is funny?" Trisha raised her voice, her tone wavering as she struggled to find the co evidence she wanted.

"Oh, I guess shes just gonna go into it." Shawna said to her colleagues.

"Don't just sit there smug while it was your fault it standing here dressed like this! I'm a person, not some plaything you can toy with! Now, I'm going. I don't care what you're planning. I'm done." Trisha shouted before turning around and storming backstage.

Trisha was looking forward to getting dressed and running out of the room, but her progress was stopped by the sound of applause. Not just Shawna, but everyone seated with her, the other girls waiting to audition, and hell, even the girl with the glasses stepped in front of the dressing room smiling and clapping!

"What the...?" Trisha mumbled as she looked around, only to see she was surrounded by smiling, clapping people.

"I think it's safe to say we found our Tish!" Came an adult voice.

From nowhere, Trisha saw a woman of about 30 emerge onto the stage and high her!

"Oh, what a performance! A bit off the page, but that energy was electric, it almost felt genuine. Shawna, what do you think? This is your production after all." The woman said.

"Oh, I think she nailed it exactly the way I pictured it." She replied.

Trisha was handed a paper with the scene she had auditioned for printed on it. To her shock and horror, the top portion read "Audition for Character Tish in 'The Undressed Actress' by Shawna" not just because she had been lied to by Shawna (what else is new?), or that she knew the character name was meant to be her, but the entirely of the monologue on the paper was nearly verbatim what she had just said!

"I'm sure she's comfortable with the costume she will be wearing in the actual play?" The woman asked.

"I'm sure she will be a natural, Miss Holmes." Shawna smiled.

Trisha didn't know what that meant, but for now, she just wanted to get dressed and leave. As she walked behind the curtain, she was relieved to see her clothes still there. As she was about to pull them on, the girl with the glasses shouted at her from the other side of the curtain.

"Just to remind you, you need to give me the underwear so I can log it back in before you leave." She said.

Trisha inwardly groaned. Not only was she going to have to hand her underwear over again and be commando the rest of the day, she somehow got roped into starring in Shawna's play, which didn't sound good either. Trisha emerged dressed again, and threw the underwear in the girl's face before leaving the auditorium.

"God, what a diva." The girl said as she logged the garments back in and placed them on the wardrobe rack.

"Well, she has the chops to act that way. If she can act like that with her underwear on, just imagine how bared her soul will be when she performs in her actual costume." Miss Holmes commented.

"What is the wardrobe for the play?" The girl asked.

"Oh, she will be dressed in that underwear for most of it, but the scene we used for the audition is for the finale, where the actress is **** to perform completely nude."