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: WAIT UNTIL DARK Lights Up Allenberry Playhouse
October 21, 2013
October 21, 2013
Artistic Director Roque Berlanga gives Allenberry audiences a well-paced version of the classic thriller
BWW Reviews: Mark Stuart Presents STANDARD TIME World Premiere at Lancaster PA's Fulton Theatre
October 18, 2013
October 18, 2013
Choreographer Mark Stuart unveils his vision of social history in America through a spectacular combination of dance styles, with an eye to Broadway
BWW Reviews: The POPS' Viva Philadelphia! Celebrates Philly's Italian Musical Heritage
October 16, 2013
October 16, 2013
Maestro Michael Krajewski, Poperazzi, and Philadelphia's own Eddie Bruce celebrate everything from Mario Lanza to The Four Seasons, with dashes of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Paganini, for the opening of the POPS season
BWW Reviews: Carlisle Finds Its Grail in Hysterical SPAMALOT
October 16, 2013
October 16, 2013
Director Dustin LeBlanc and company sing, dance, and don't... spoil... their pants in a ridiculously funny production of a very serious show indeed
BWW Reviews: IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? At Susquehanna Stage Co.
October 11, 2013
October 11, 2013
Timothy Monaghan directs the classic collection of high school memories at Susquehanna Stage Co.
BWW Reviews: SONS OF MORIARTY Collects The Great Holmes Pastiches
October 9, 2013
October 9, 2013
Loren Estleman collects old favorites for fans of the Great Detective in a volume of short stories and novellas written by the literary heirs of Doyle and Watson
BWW Reviews: THE HARDEST THING is Hard-Boiled Noir from Cleis Press
October 7, 2013
October 7, 2013
James Lear adds to the LGBT mystery shelf with some seriously gritty traditional noir in a contemporary setting
BWW Reviews: GIDION'S KNOT An Intense Opening For Open Stage of Harrisburg Season
October 7, 2013
October 7, 2013
Donald Alsedek takes two actors and the audience through an intense session that raises more questions than it answers
BWW Reviews: A RED HERRING Infiltrates Villanova Theatre
October 5, 2013
October 5, 2013
Michael Holinger'sl comedy of criminal and romantic errors is onstage at Villanova through October 13
BWW Reviews: The Philadelphia Orchestra With Choral Beethoven and Muhly
October 5, 2013
October 5, 2013
Yannick conducts the Orchestra, massed choirs, and soloists (including award-winner Shenyang) in Beethoven's Ninth and a mass by Muhly
BWW Reviews: NABUCCO Opens Opera Philadelphia Season With A La Scala Recreation
October 2, 2013
October 2, 2013
Opera Philadelphia stages NABUCCO with 19th Century sets, and some 19th Century Italian political intrigue
BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre THE LITTLE MERMAID JR Is An Undersea Spectacular
September 25, 2013
September 25, 2013
Rene Staub takes a starry youth cast through an undersea fantasy world full of fun for children and adults
BWW Reviews: Oyster Mill's THE HOLLOW Is A Real Killer
September 23, 2013
September 23, 2013
Lois Heagy leads Agatha Christie's country-house murder mystery through twists, turns, and surprise visits from glamorous actresses
BWW Reviews: A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE Takes Allenberry To Early Nashville
September 20, 2013
September 20, 2013
Performer Nancy O'Bryan interprets the legendary singer who revolutionized women's place in country music and became a pop music legend as well
Dominic Keating of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE Talks Blu-ray Discs & More
September 12, 2013
September 12, 2013
Dominic Keating, one of the stars of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, spoke at Dragon Con in Atlanta about the new Blu-Ray release, the infamous series finale, and cast updates
BWW Interview: Michael Cerveris Talks FRINGE, Public Theater's FUN HOME & More!
September 11, 2013
September 11, 2013
The star of ASSASSINS, SWEENEY TODD, and Fox Television's FRINGE discusses careers on stage and small screen and the audiences that appreciate them.
BWW Reviews: PRiMA Theatre Premieres Elton John's AIDA In Lancaster
September 10, 2013
September 10, 2013
Director Dan Deal brings the Egypt of Elton John and Tim Rice to life at the Ware Center for PRiMA Theatre
BWW Reviews: BLEACHER BUMS Bring The Joy of Cubs Games to Theatre Harrisburg
September 9, 2013
September 9, 2013
The Krevsky Center becomes Krevsky Stadium as the Cubs take to the field, and a crazy bunch of Cubs fans take to the bleachers
BWW Interview: Lee Wilkof of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Unveils New Film Project, NO PAY, NUDITY
September 9, 2013
September 9, 2013
The Tony-nominee stage veteran prepares to get behind the camera with a script about stage actors and their definitions of success
BWW Reviews: EPAC's THE GLASS MENAGERIE Shines Like Its Crystal Figurines
September 9, 2013
September 9, 2013
Director Rich Repkoe and a tight, talented cast bring Tennessee Williams' classic play alive on stage in Lancaster County.
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