How to Use This Guided Meditation Before Your Next Musical Theatre Audition
Whether you’re heading to an in-person call or prepping for a virtual self-tape, audition nerves are real. This guided visualization and meditation is designed specifically for musical theatre performers like you to calm your nervous system and mentally prepare before stepping into the room.
🌿 What This Meditation Helps With:
Releasing physical tension from the body
Managing performance anxiety
Visualizing the full audition experience
Building confidence before you perform
You can follow along by listening to the meditation on YouTube or simply reading this walkthrough if you're in a quiet space.
🧘♀⃣ Full Body Relaxation: Release Tension from Head to Toe
We begin by checking in with your body:
Relax your forehead, jaw, and brow
Soften your eyelids and unclench your teeth
Release your shoulders, chest, and stomach
Let go of tension in your hips, thighs, calves, and toes
Gently shake out your arms and flick tension from your fingertips like you're shaking off raindrops
Take a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale.
🌍 Visualization: Journey to Your Audition
Once your body is grounded, we visualize the entire audition journey:
Imagine gathering your audition materials and arriving at the studio
Observe your surroundings—the sidewalk, traffic, trees, or city noise
Visualize walking into the building, checking in with the monitor, and waiting your turn
See yourself changing clothes or shoes, feeling grounded in your outfit
🎭 Entering the Audition Room
Picture yourself walking into the room with confidence
Hand your music to the accompanist and explain the cut clearly
Breathe, connect with the people in the space, and take your moment before
Visualize performing your song with full presence
If needed, pause the meditation to rehearse mentally or physically.
🧡 Releasing & Re-centering
Imagine completing your audition with calm, confidence, and gratitude
Visualize exiting the room with ease
End with 3 grounding breaths to return to your current space
"Your best in that moment is enough."
📍 Use This Before Your Next Audition
Whether it's a callback, open call, or self-tape, return to this practice as needed.
🎧 Watch + Listen to the Guided Audition Meditation Here
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Ashlee Espinosa, MFA is a professional actress and career coach helping performers thrive onstage and off. She brings over two decades of experience and a unique perspective from her bi-coastal lifestyle as a working artist. A former college professor, she now splits her time between performing, coaching, and creating digital resources to support other artists. Follow her on Instagram or check out the Musical Theatre Mentor YouTube channel for weekly career advice.
