Owen Griffith, dubbed "America's most important playwright," is a big advocate of open marriages—until he isn’t.

FULL-LENGTH PLAY (1 HOUR, 45 MINUTES). When an interviewer prods playwright Owen Griffith to defend his well known belief in open relationships, the video goes viral. When he and wife Valerie discuss the video with friends Norbert and Janine, Norbert brags about the “fidelity clause” included in their pre-nuptial agreement. Soon both marriages fall apart; Owen gets involved with Janine and becomes a big proponent of fidelity; Norbert tries to win Janine back; and Valerie seeks companionship in a surprising place. In the end, Owen’s relationship bliss is tempered when Janine’s past starts to catch up with her, and his newfound commitment is put to a test.

The current version of THE FIDELITY CLAUSE was completed in 2025. The genesis of the play was a 10-minute play called THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA (First Prize, McLean Drama Company, Washington, DC, 2013; produced by The Collective NY, 2013 & 2015; published by The Collective NY, 2013;), which was then produced as a film by Collective NY Films (released on Amazon Prime Video, 2019). The full-length play was developed at the Pulse Ensemble Theatre Playwrights’ Lab in New York. A short excerpt, titled COFFEE BREAK, was presented in a podcast by Panglossian Productions, Williamsburg, VA, 2018, and in a staged reading at TAKE TEN: An Evening of 10-Minute Play Readings by the Dramatists Guild Playwrights Group at The Players Club, 2018. Another short excerpt, titled AN UBER IN THE RAIN, was presented in a YouTube reading by Turn Point Theatre, UK, October 2020.