On Time at Villagers Theatre

ON TIME opens May 8th 2026 in the black box at Villagers Theatre in Somerset, NJ. Written by NYC playwright Wesley Cappiello (winner of the 2025 Mike Sockol New Works Series) and Directed by Darren Nye. This is a story about fate. About survival. About the courage to love anyway. Deke Stoklosa and Matthew Swanson star as two actors playing 10 characters in this gay epic spanning 160 years. It follows five couples, weaving together moments of love, heartbreak, and survival across centuries. Through a series of intimate encounters—some fleeting, some life-altering—the play explores how time bends, repeats, and reshapes the course of human lives. From the clandestine desires of two coworkers in Victorian England to the modern-day uncertainty of fiancés on the brink of matrimony in the American South. Love, loss and fate intertwine in this sweeping, intimate exploration of human connection while illuminating the barriers history has long placed on queer love.

Time folds.

Lives Intersect.

History repeats…and rewrites itself.