a question to which I totally knew the answer, too, I just blanked out in that moment.

I just missed another round of auditions. I will keep checking. Like empressjuju below, I just showed up for that first one. Maybe knowing what to expect and preparing myself, at least emotionally (I did snicker a bit at all the folks cramming at the last minute), will prevent such a stupid brain freeze from happening again.

(Oh, it was: name the author of Les Miserables).