The Hub Theatre’s “Birds of a Feather” proves conclusively that truth is stranger than fiction. It also suggests that when you compare man and beast, homo sapiens is sometimes more than a little deficient in the “sapiens” area and more insensitive than so-called less “developed” animals. Marc Acito’s play weaves together two New York City stories that took place at roughly the same time. In 1998, zookeepers at the Central Park Zoo noticed that two chinstrap penguins, Roy and Silo, had created a nest, put a rock in it, and were trying to “hatch” the rock.

Since the penguins were both male and couldn’t create an egg, when zookeepers found an egg whose mother couldn’t care for it, they gave it to Roy and Silo, who lovingly nurtured and hatched it. Their chick grew up and was called Tango.