The premiere play Romanca o tri ljubavi , the work of the Croatian writer Antun Šoljan, directed by Robert Raponja, premiered on March 10, 2022. at the Gradsko kazalište Požega in cooperation with the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. The work on this play was part of the practical p art of the graduate exam of Marijin Kuzmičić, a graduate student of the University of Acting. In this diploma thesis, Actor, character, role: work on the play Romance o tri ljubavi, Kuzmičić touches on all phases of the work process on the play, from the i nitial stages of rehearsals, dramaturgical analysis of the text to work on the role itself. Through part of the research process, he touches on the historical circumstances of drama, genre definitions of the work and the overall creative process of working on the roles and elements that helped build it. He describes the means he used in his work on the entrusted role of the Chaplain, the challenges he encountered and the knowledge he gained with an emphasis on the cognitive moments of the acting scene. He t ouches on the process of rehearsals from the notes he wrote in the diary of artistic observation, which he guided throughout the rehearsal process. Work on the play began in October 2021, and during that time until the premiere in March 2022, the possibili ty of attentive, dedicated, patient and concentrated work on the construction of this play and the roles themselves opened up. Katica Šubarić, Anabela Sulić and Matko Trnčić played with Marijin Kuzmičić.