"Yes, I'm new," Sherri said, very quietly. What was happening on stage was much more interesting - as it should be, really - but she'd have felt rude, not answering. Even if it did all turn out to be a dream.
The best thing to do, she decided, was to take it all seriously, for the moment. If it turned out to be a dream or... something in the water... it wouldn't hurt anything to have played along.