Teatro Vista, Chicago’s leading Latinx theater company, is already embracing its new future powered by ensemble-driven work with the release of ensemble member Gabriel Ruiz’s original new audio play, The Fifth World.  True crime fans? The Fifth World is for you. This new, six-part audio serial, set in modern day but rooted in Aztec mythology, is full of mystery, intrigue and the supernatural. The Fifth World is free to stream on teatrovista.org, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Since the podcast’s debut last December, episodes have hit more than 15,000 streams. The Fifth World is set at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sebastian Reyes has arrived in the small desert town of Palomas, Arizona to make his name producing a true crime story about a missing child in the desert, who mysteriously, nobody is looking for. But Seba’s true purpose becomes frighteningly clear as his search fatefully entangles him in a horrifying myth as old as the world.  Ruiz, a veteran Chicago actor and Teatro Vista ensemble member, where his on stage credits include The Wolf at the End of the Block and White Tie Ball, is currently in New York making his Broadway debut in MJ The Musical.