What is the relationship of theater to reality? To ritual? To the human spirit?

What is the relationship of theater to reality? To ritual? To the human spirit? Refer to the Jones reading, with a short quote, in your response.

Source: Jones, Robert Edmond. The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre. New York: Routledge, 2004. Print. A Theatre Arts Book