I am really enjoying moving into these new books. Specifically, I found a lot of connections between TOTO and PG. I very much enjoyed Boal's fascinating description of an invisible theatre piece in a restaurant where pauper-customers begin making various social statements about class privilege/oppression. This relates clearly to Spencer's central point that structure must be simple, and actions clearly defined. Boal's structure evolves in a distinct way, involving the "audience" with great control over the situation remaining in the hands of the actors. Furthermore, the actor's have an extremely clear objective: convincing their audience that they (the actors) have been treated unjustly (and conveying a broader picture of societal injustice from which this specific incident arises). 

Between Boal and Spencer, I feel that I am getting a very good intellectual foundation in how to create powerful and socially relevant theatre. The challenge will be in putting this into practice. I look forward to our next exploration of Boal's exercises, and hope that it helps to think about how to write skits/plays as well as generally practice the form of theatre Boal is writing about.