"Fault" is a play that launches directly into farcical theater right from the start. The lights come up on Shaun and Judy having wild sex in Judy's ostentatious living room. Judy (who does not learn Shaun's name until halfway through the show) repeatedly slaps Shaun for not expressing his admiration for her beauty in exactly the way she desires. At the moment of climax, Judy's husband, Jerry, arrives home to find the two together - his early arrival to celebrate an enormously successful merger he closed that day.

The first half of the play keeps the energy high as Jerry chases Shaun, threatens him with a bottle and a sword, and handcuffs him to a chair. Witty dialogue between the husband, wife, and lover enhances the frantic action.

Halfway through the 90-minute play, the action slows, giving way to confessions and lamentations, witnessed by their imprisoned guest, whom the couple asks to judge who is at fault for the failings in their marriage.

Jason Alexander, who famously played George Costanza for years on "Seinfeld," directed this dark comedy. The show transitions from wild laughter early to disturbing tales of marital trauma later, but it always kept me engaged.

Enrico Colantoni is very good as Jerry, and Nick Marini is better as Shaun, but Rebecca Spence steals the show as the emotional Lucy.

I attended the opening night of "Fault" on Saturday evening. I was surprised to see the theater only half full. I expect seats will sell out more quickly as word spreads about this delightful dark comedy.