Review Fix Exclusive: Ludovica Villar-Hauser Talks ‘This Will All Be Yours’

Review Fix chats with playwright Ludovica Villar-Hauser about “This Will All Be Yours” his new production currently running at this year’s Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York City.

Review Fix: What initially attracted you to this production?

Ludovica Villar-Hauser: Both my parents have farming in their backgrounds — most particularly my mother’s family in Austria. So in the summers we always went to Austria in the mountains and we participated in harvesting. We drank fresh milk ate fresh vegetables, cheese and butter… so I’ve always felt very connected to the idea of small family farms.

Review Fix: What do you think you’ve learned about yourself through this whole process?

Villar-Hauser: I’ve never done a play with music before, and I have really enjoyed this. I would love to do it again and honestly, that’s the biggest thing that I’ve learned. I love music. I just never considered myself someone who could or would want to direct a musical. So I am surprised — and thrilled — to learn that this is not the case.

Review Fix: Who do you think will enjoy it the most?

Villar-Hauser: That’s a really tough question, because I think the crazy thing about theatre is that we don’t really know how people are going to respond to a show or production… If we did, we’d all be millionaires and be having constant successes.

Review Fix: Tell me about the cast. What makes them so special

Villar-Hauser: One of the things that makes this particular cast so special is that they are ALL incredibly talented. Sometimes there are casts when there are one or two who are brilliant and the others … well, not so much. But each member of this cast is wonderful — truly — and that makes them a joy to work with for me as a director. And, incredibly, with all that talent, there’s not a diva among them, which is extraordinary! For each member of the cast it has been entirely about the work and the joy that we all feel in contributing to and creating it. On top of it all, they’re all such nice people. As a director — as a human being — I could hardly ask for more.

Review Fix: Bottom Line. Why should someone see this show?

Villar-Hauser: To enjoy a terrific cast. To see a fascinating play. The story is simple but compelling … a family owns an orchard in Western New York in 1979, at a time of great change — how that family is affected by those changes and all that’s going on around them. The play is particularly relevant today, with our growing awareness and interest in knowing where our food is coming from.

Review Fix: How do you want the production to be remembered?

Villar-Hauser: This production could be another Rent. Obviously it is very different. It’s not edgy. It’s not rock. I say Rent in the sense that it is really talking about something that is important to people at this particular time. I definitely think it could have a following.

What would be truly wonderful would be if the play were remembered as a catalyst for getting people to really think about and address the issue of where their food is coming from. I thought I knew about food… I don’t. I have been eating asparagus forever — all year round. I love it. Well, asparagus I only recently learned has a very short growing season. Clearly I’ve been getting it out of season. From where? There’s room for all of us to learn.

Photograph by John Quilty.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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