One play's weirdness has meaning; the other just seems to be fooling around

Weirdness that is deep, measured and suspenseful trumps weirdness that is scattered, frantic and jokey. At least, that statement holds true when you're talking about the double-bill of one-acts that Longacre Lea has contributed to the Women's Voices Theater Festival. The two world-premiere plays share a hospital setting; both contain plot points that are more than a little kooky. But whereas Kathleen Akerley's generally absorbing sci-fi tale "Bones in Whispers" builds to a surprising and profoun...