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| Personal Name | Almazan, Aleytheia C. |
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| Resource Title | Up and down the rollercoaster : a bonggang list of personal actor’s preparation through improvisation devices |
| Date Issued | June 2025 |
| Abstract | UP AND DOWN THE ROLLERCOASTER: A Bonggang List of Personal Actor’s Preparation through Improvisation Devices is a creative thesis performance and research project exploring the emotional demands of performing Bawat Bonggang Bagay, Guelan Luarca’s translation of Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe through the lens of actor wellness. Using the metaphor of an emotional rollercoaster, this thesis frames the actor’s journey across three phases: preparation, performance and disembarking. The work investigates how improvisation devices – drawn from personal mentorship with Jasson Villanueva, foundational readings and classes at Third World Improv – can support emotional sustainability, spontaneous connection and presence during performance. This thesis aims to demonstrate how improvisation tools function as stabilizers during the emotionally turbulent ride of Bawat Bonggang Bagay, allowing the performer to remain truthful to the narrative while managing emotional labor in real time. Ultimately, this study positions actor well-being not as a secondary concern, but as a vital part of performance preparation, execution, and post-show recovery. By charting each bonggang things in the process – from script analysis, blocking, to derolling – this thesis celebrates not only the kabonggahan of the story, but the resilience of the actor who chooses to tell it |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts : Performance; Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Arts: Performance) |
| Language | English; Filipino |
| Keyword | Emotional Navigation; Performance practice (Theater)—Philippines; Acting—Psychological aspects; Improvisation (Acting); One-Man Performance; Actor's Well-being; Actors—Training of—Philippines; Actor's Preparation; Improvisation Devices |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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