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: SWEENEY TODD Cooks Up Some Fine Singing at Theatre Harrisburg
May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014
Theatre Harrisburg cooks up a tune-filled production of the Sondheim musical about a murderous barber and his baker friend
BWW Reviews: Flash Back to the 70s With 9 TO 5 at York Little Theatre
May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014
The Dolly Parton movie comes to life on the YLT stage
BWW Reviews: ANYBODY FOR MURDER? Slays The Audiences At Rainbow Dinner Theatre
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
The laughs and the death threats keep on rolling in 'The Avengers' producer Brian Clemens' mystery-farce.
BWW Reviews: FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL -Plenty of Flash and Dance, But No Heat or Grit, at Hershey
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL is a neat, sanitary, emotionless version of the 1983 classic movie. It's not quite ready for prime time.
BWW Reviews: BUDDY Rocks and Rolls the Fulton Theatre
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
Director Donna Drake and a seasoned cast of musician-actors rock the house at the Fulton all night in BUDDY
Beaux Arts Society 'Spring Fling' Honors McArdle, Pedi, Dale, and More
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
The annual Spring Fling luncheon of the Beaux Arts Socisty, Inc. honored a new group of Distinguished Artists from the stage, screen, and cabaret worlds
BWW Recap: It's Sudden Death for Politicos & for Red and Lizzie on NBC's THE BLACKLIST
April 29, 2014
April 29, 2014
The Kingmaker makes and destroys political careers. The discovery of Red's connection to her father may destroy Red's connection to Lizzie.
BWW Recap: Lizzie Confronts Tom and 'The Pavlovich Brothers' on THE BLACKLIST
April 22, 2014
April 22, 2014
Germ warfare. Domestic warfare. When the parties are Tom and Lizzie Keen, domestic warfare is bloodier.
BWW Interview: Terrence Mann on Directing LES MISERABLES
April 21, 2014
April 21, 2014
Terrence Mann, director of the recent production of LES MISERABLES at Western Carolina University, reflects on Javert directing Javert, on listening to people audition in front of him with 'Stars,' and on collegiate versus professional productions
BWW Reviews: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Gettysburg Community Theatre
April 16, 2014
April 16, 2014
Gettysburg Community Theatre delivered a deservedly sold-out JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to the area in time for Easter
BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK Takes on Political Correctness at Open Stage
April 16, 2014
April 16, 2014
Donald Alsedek directs the follow-up to A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Open Stage of Harrisburg.
BWW Reviews: THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB Buoys Spirits at Allenberry Playhouse
April 15, 2014
April 15, 2014
The opening show of the 2014 season is a Southern ensemble comedy that will leave audiences laughing
BWW Reviews: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is a Dance Festival on Stage at Dutch Apple
April 11, 2014
April 11, 2014
Kerry Lambert's choreography keeps the show moving as seven badly behaved mountain men kidnap wives from the local town and hold them for the winter.
BWW Reviews: Enjoy a Luxurious (and Chocolate-Covered) Vacation at the Hotel Hershey
April 10, 2014
April 10, 2014
The hotel named for its chocolate-industry founder boasts everything from gourmet cuisine to falconry, with a top-rated spa and top-notch service as well
BWW Reviews: At the End of the Day, the Western Carolina LES MISERABLES Delivers Some Notable Performances
April 7, 2014
April 7, 2014
The Western Carolina University School of Stage and Screen presented a production of the classic musical directed by one of its original stars, Tony nominee Terrence Mann
BWW Reviews: PINKALICIOUS Brightens the Fulton Stage for Spring
March 28, 2014
March 28, 2014
The Fulton's children's theatre season continues with the tale of a little girl who loves pink just a little too much.
BWW Reviews: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Is a Bloody Good Time at York Little Theatre
March 28, 2014
March 28, 2014
Director Aaron Dalton brings the award-winning Off-Broadway show to the York Little Theatre's Studio Theatre
BWW Reviews: DEATH COMES TO THE VILLAGE by Catherine Lloyd
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Lloyd's new series makes Regency England a charming but dangerous place
BWW Reviews: EPAC's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is Intense Portrayal of Instututional Insanity
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Tim Riggs directs a fine cast in Ken Kesey's classic story of misplaced power and control in a mental instutution
BWW Reviews: MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE COUCH Brings Laughs At Oyster Mill
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Jack Sharkey's classic comedy of psychiatrists and book contracts is on stage at Oyster Mill Playhouse
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