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Marakay Rogers

 America's most uncoordinated childhood ballet and tap student before discovering that her talents were music and writing, Marakay Rogers finally traded in her violin for law school when she realized that she might make more money in law than she did performing with the Potomac Symphony and in orchestra pits around the mid-Atlantic. Unfortunately, she forgot to factor in the student loan repayments! She has never recovered from being chewed out by Terrence Mann in public for hanging up her bow. 


A graduate of Wilson College (PA), Marakay is also a writer, film reviewer and interviewer. Additionally, as of 2014, she serves as vice-chair of the Advisory Board of the Beaux Arts Society, Inc. and is a member of GALECA. 


She's also taught college-level communications, writing, theatre criticism and English literature classes, has received multiple writing awards  for several small-press novels, and is listed in Marquis' "Who's Who in America".  She has done additional post-collegiate English and drama studies coursework with Open University (UK) in drama and literature.


Her junior high English teacher was Broadway star Katrina Yaukey's mother, Kay Yaukey.  (Her high school math teacher was Ordean Yaukey, Katrina Yaukey's father, but between Marakay's mother, an editor, and Katrina's mother, English won out.) Marakay is senior theatre critic for Central Pennsylvania and a senior editor for BWWBooksWorld as well as a classical music reviewer. In her free time, Marakay practices law and often gets it right.



 


 


 






BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple's HAIRSPRAY Will Dance Into Your Hearts
BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple's HAIRSPRAY Will Dance Into Your Hearts
September 3, 2014

Twist and shout your way through early 1960's Baltimore with the big-hearted, big-haired Tracy Turnblad and friends at Dutch Apple

BWW Preview: THE BLACKLIST Answers Some Questions, Asks Even More
September 15, 2014

Producer Jon Bokencamp's THE BLACKLIST, not only a breakout hit in its first season, but NBC's biggest hit since... forever, is back for a second season beginning September 22, and it once again promises more questions than answers.

BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre's LITTLE WOMEN is a Big Show
BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre's LITTLE WOMEN is a Big Show
August 22, 2014

A talented cast brings the classic American novel to life on the Gettysburg stage

BWW Reviews: DONE TO DEATH is a Real Killer at Oyster Mill
BWW Reviews: DONE TO DEATH is a Real Killer at Oyster Mill
August 19, 2014

Tom Moore leads a crew of classic mystery writers through a slew of murders on a deserted island, in a play that stands AND THEN THERE WERE NONE on its very comic ear.

BWW Reviews: Beaux Arts Society Summer Soiree Salutes Cabaret With Diana Templeton, Helen Klass
BWW Reviews: Beaux Arts Society Summer Soiree Salutes Cabaret With Diana Templeton, Helen Klass
August 16, 2014

The annual Beaux Arts Society, Inc. summer luncheon presented its members with classic cabaret performances and dance

BWW Reviews: A Different Interpretation of GODSPELL Plays at Totem Pole Playhouse
BWW Reviews: A Different Interpretation of GODSPELL Plays at Totem Pole Playhouse
August 13, 2014

Artistic Director Rowan Joseph presents a new take on GODSPELL - with Jesus sharing bread, wine, and a funky chicken among his disciples. It's fresh, it's different, and it may be just slightly too much. But the cast -- ah, the cast.

BWW Reviews: Totem Pole's THE FOREIGNER Shouldn't Be a Stranger
BWW Reviews: Totem Pole's THE FOREIGNER Shouldn't Be a Stranger
August 4, 2014

The Jenkins family -- Ken, Dan, and Jesse -- took over the Totem Pole stage for a riotous trip to Georgia

BWW Reviews: Allenberry's OKLAHOMA! Falls Short of the Classic
BWW Reviews: Allenberry's OKLAHOMA! Falls Short of the Classic
August 3, 2014

Beautiful sets. Great secondary characters. Delicious choreography. Where's the music in Allenberry's production?

BWW Review: OMG You Guys, LEGALLY BLONDE Is Playing at Ephrata Pertorming Arts Center!
BWW Review: OMG You Guys, LEGALLY BLONDE Is Playing at Ephrata Pertorming Arts Center!
July 29, 2014

OMG, like, Elle Woods is back, and she's turning Ephrata pink!

BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre's SHREK: THE MUSICAL - It's Big, Green, and Raucous
BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre's SHREK: THE MUSICAL - It's Big, Green, and Raucous
July 23, 2014

Rene Staub leads Randy Stamm and a large cast of fractured fairy tale stars in a musical tale of love, loss, daring heroics, and dragons, donkeys, and ogres

BWW Reviews: DIXIE SWIM CLUB Plays to Oyster Mill's Strengths
BWW Reviews: DIXIE SWIM CLUB Plays to Oyster Mill's Strengths
July 15, 2014

When five former swimmers spend their summer vacation together at the beach every year, anything can -- and does -- happen.

BWW Reviews: It's Christmas in July with PLAID TIDINGS at Hanover Little Theatre
BWW Reviews: It's Christmas in July with PLAID TIDINGS at Hanover Little Theatre
July 15, 2014

The Plaids are back for their one and only Earthly Christmas special, and they're doing it at Hanover Little Theatre for Christmas in July.

BWW Reviews: THE MUSIC MAN at Dutch Apple is a Bright, Lively Take on Tradition
BWW Reviews: THE MUSIC MAN at Dutch Apple is a Bright, Lively Take on Tradition
July 13, 2014

Brian Enzman gives the old classic a fresh look and feel, with some spectacular staging.

BWW Reviews: A Toe-Tapping, Tap-Dancing 42ND STREET at Allenberry Playhouse
BWW Reviews: A Toe-Tapping, Tap-Dancing 42ND STREET at Allenberry Playhouse
July 10, 2014

Director Ryan Gibbs and choreographer Dann Dunn put the tapping feet of 42ND STREET on the Allenberry stage.

BWW Reviews: DEATHTRAP With Marsha Mason at Bucks County Playhouse
BWW Reviews: DEATHTRAP With Marsha Mason at Bucks County Playhouse
July 7, 2014

Off-Broadway's Evan Cabnet directs a DEATHTRAP with Marsha Mason as the ever-amazing Helga ten Dorp. There are some other amazing things here as well, of all sorts.

BWW Reviews: RING OF FIRE Lights Up Totem Pole Playhouse
BWW Reviews: RING OF FIRE Lights Up Totem Pole Playhouse
July 7, 2014

The bio-musical of the life and music of Johnny Cash takes center stage at Totem Pole with the best band you'll see on stage this year.

Local Report: South Williamsport High School Cancels SPAMALOT, Cites 'Inappropriate' Content
Local Report: South Williamsport High School Cancels SPAMALOT, Cites 'Inappropriate' Content
July 4, 2014

The South Williamsport Junior/Senior High School has ordered its drama department to scrub Monty Python's SPAMALOT as too controversial for its area.

BWW Reviews: A Sparkling, Spangled GYPSY at York Little Theatre
BWW Reviews: A Sparkling, Spangled GYPSY at York Little Theatre
June 30, 2014

Christopher Quigley and leads Jenna Mae Reck and Chris Ausherman brought the story of America's most notorious stage mother and her strong-willed daughter to life on the YLT stage

BWW Reviews: THE LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Caps Theatre Harrisburg Season
BWW Reviews: THE LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Caps Theatre Harrisburg Season
June 30, 2014

Theatre Harrisburg closed this year's season with a Neil Simon classic before preparing for next season's strong schedule

BWW Reviews: EPAC Presents a Chilling, Thought-Provoking AGNES OF GOD
BWW Reviews: EPAC Presents a Chilling, Thought-Provoking AGNES OF GOD
June 23, 2014

Director John Goncar and a talented cast bring the chilling story of nuns and infanticide to the Ephrata stage



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