11/19/2025
ATTENTION ACTORS - AUDITIONS 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY!!!
Golden West College Theater Arts Department will hold auditions for…
EIGHT SECONDS
Written by Tim Mueller
Directed by Tom Amen
Audition Date(s), Time, and Location:
General Audition – Open Call
December 3rd at 7:00 PM
Mainstage Theater at Golden West College
15751 Gothard Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Callbacks (As Needed and By Invitation Only)
December 4th at 7:00 PM
Stage West Theater at Golden West College
15751 Gothard Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Audition Preparation: None Required.
Audition Submissions:
Interested actors are strongly encouraged to send resume and headshot to Director Tom Amen at earliest convenience. Tom can be reached at: [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE: Though this is an open audition, we will be sending audition sides to those actors who submit resumes and headshots that meet general casting requirements.
PLEASE NOTE: Please carefully heck the Character Breakdown below, as we will be casting according to the playwright's specific descriptions of each character.
About the Play:
Ellie spends much of her time online, connecting with some of the scariest people on the internet, hoping to expose the real people behind the hate and misinformation they spread. Eight Seconds will make you think about how you see the world, the information you absorb and believe, and how we relate to each other as a result of those beliefs. Part exploration of the darkest side of humanity and part crime drama, the story will leave you asking, “What will I do with my eight seconds?”
Available Roles: Roles for 4 Men and 3 Women – All Roles Open!
Pay: None
Character Breakdown:
ELLIE DONNER – Female. Mid-20s to Mid-30s. Very independent and head strong. Smart with a sense of humor that can tend towards sarcastic and even rude. Very committed to social justice and that commitment can cause her to be blind to other factors. Spends her time fighting back against hate online.
STEVE - Male. Mid-20s. Very concerned with his physical looks and status with women. A loner. Foul-mouthed with a hatred of women in general. Spends his time online talking with others who share his point of view. An Incel (Involuntary Celibate).
CHRIS - Male and Female (role is played by two different actors at different times). Mid-40s. A White Supremacist. Professional and well educated. Does not swear or use crass language. Good at manipulating others.
CARL - Male. Mid-50s to Early-60s. Good sense of humor. Very affable and likable. Strong commitment to his beliefs. A conspiracy nut who believes the world is flat.
AGENT ROGERS. Female. Mid-40s to Mid-50s. A well-seasoned federal agent who stays cool under pressure. Her maturity and experience give her a high level of confidence in herself and how she does her work. She is not easily baited.
AGENT COLLAZO. Male. Mid-30s. Hispanic. A younger agent who is competent but tends to react to pressure emotionally. He tends to use emotions to get to suspects that he is questioning. He and agent Rogers have been partners for eight years.
General Rehearsal and Performance Information:
Rehearsal Schedule: Monday – Thursday from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM beginning January 19th.
Production Run: March 6-15, 2026
Performance Schedule: Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sunday at 2:00 PM
Total Performances: 7
Performances will be held in the beautiful 339-seat Mainstage Theater at Golden West College. The Mainstage Theater is located at 15751 Gothard Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
About the Playwright:
While this is the first full length play Tim has written, he is no stranger to the storytelling process. For forty years he has primarily used the language of design to tell stories on stage, in television and film, as well as live events. He has been full-time faculty and resident designer at Golden West College for almost ten years, having designed more than 40 sets for productions. Prior to that he owned his own production company, Gothic Moon Productions, which designed and fabricated more than 850 projects for companies including: McCoy Rigby, Universal Studios, Disney, South Coast Plaza and many, many others.
About the Director:
Tom Amen has staged over 90 productions in California and Utah, and over 50 productions at Golden West College. Recent GWC directing credits include The Diviners, The Nether, Inspecting Carol, Every Brilliant Thing, Psycho Beach Party, The Exorcist, Inventing Van Gogh, On the Exhale, The Pillowman, Hamlet, Oedipus Rex, Playing with Fire (After Frankenstein), Dracula, The Glass Menagerie, Never the Sinner, and Waiting for Godot.
