You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
I was in a performance in high school and we were doing You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. We were doing our school show for children and there is this part were I (I was Lucy, btw) had to run from one side of the stage to the other. But the only place for us to cross without being seen was this really narrow area behind the cyc (a screen of sorts for special effect lights or projections).
Now I have like 10 seconds, no joke, to get to the other side before I have to go on for the next song, so I have to run. So I’m just about to run out from behind the cyc, but there was a pole sticking out at the bottom that I couldn’t see and I tripped over it and my arms flew straight up, not in front to catch myself, up like I was gonna bellyflop on the ground, and I just let out this huge yelp and slammed into the side of the prop table while the other cast members tried to steady me.
I then had to walk out on stage and continue on as if nothing happened even though everyone heard the commotion. Later, during one of the songs I was singing, I completely forgot my line because I had gotten so nervous, and I just stopped singing for like a whole line. I was on stage with Linus for that scene and he thought I forgot my line because he called me Sally instead of Lucy, which I hadn’t even noticed because all I could think was “what the hell is the line?”. After the show, one of the director’s daughters came up to me and said, loudly and in front of everyone, “You messed up really badly.” I just said “Thanks, I know.” It’s funny now, but I was so embarrassed then.