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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: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN Introduces Anthony Bidulka's New Detective
BWW Reviews: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN Introduces Anthony Bidulka's New Detective
August 5, 2013

Popular mystery author Anthony Bidulka presents a new detective, Adam Saint of the Canadian Disaster Recovery Agency, in a mystery/thriller of wide-ranging scope

BWW Reviews: An A-OK SHREK Comes To AOK Stage At New Oxford
BWW Reviews: An A-OK SHREK Comes To AOK Stage At New Oxford
August 3, 2013

ACTS of Kindness Theatre's summer offering is big, it's green, and it's all ogre the place -- and it's all in fun and for charity.

BWW Interviews: CABARET'S Katrina Yaukey Talks Summer Stock, Music, And ASTEP Volunteerism
BWW Interviews: CABARET'S Katrina Yaukey Talks Summer Stock, Music, And ASTEP Volunteerism
August 2, 2013

The former Sally Bowles talks about music on and off stage, her parents' influence on her, and how acting, music, and parental influence resulted in her volunteering for ASTEP (Artists Striving To Eliminate Poverty) in Ecuador

BWW Reviews: Tony Bennett Wows Audience At Hershey Theatre in Current Tour
BWW Reviews: Tony Bennett Wows Audience At Hershey Theatre in Current Tour
July 29, 2013

Backed by a super-performer quartet (Count Basie's drummer and an Emmy-winning pianist among them) and his daughter, Tony Bennett shows no sign of slowing down yet, and audiences won't let him

BWW Reviews: Jay and Nancy Krevsky Headline THE LAST ROMANCE at Theatre Harrisburg
BWW Reviews: Jay and Nancy Krevsky Headline THE LAST ROMANCE at Theatre Harrisburg
July 28, 2013

Tom Hostetter directs Harrisburg's first couple of theater in a first for both of them

BWW Reviews: BOEING BOEING Takes Off At Totem Pole Playhouse
BWW Reviews: BOEING BOEING Takes Off At Totem Pole Playhouse
July 27, 2013

The Marc Camoletti classic is back on stage at Totem Pole, and fifty years makes it no less funny

BWW Reviews: GUYS AND DOLLS Rocks The Boat in a Big Way At EPAC
BWW Reviews: GUYS AND DOLLS Rocks The Boat in a Big Way At EPAC
July 26, 2013

Director Edward R. Fernandez and Irving Gonzalez present a brash, bawdy, bubbling production of the Frank Loesser classic that's nicely nicely performed

BWW Interviews: Independent Filmmaker John Putch on the ROUTE 30 TRILOGY
July 24, 2013

Director John Putch reminisces on life on stage, behind the camera, and in the small towns that understand his work.

BWW Reviews: Jackie Kingon's CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE MOONS Is A Wild Romp Through (Meal) Time and Space
BWW Reviews: Jackie Kingon's CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE MOONS Is A Wild Romp Through (Meal) Time and Space
July 23, 2013

It's a mystery. It's science fiction. No, it's a comedy -- or is it all three? Artist Kingon's first novel covers plenty of territory in genres as well as in distance, and comes out on top

BWW Reviews: Oyster Mill Enters Realm Of Farce With EXIT THE BODY
BWW Reviews: Oyster Mill Enters Realm Of Farce With EXIT THE BODY
July 22, 2013

The classic farce/mystery of a mystery writer's mixed-up vacation is on stage now at Oyster Mill

BWW Reviews: Allenberry Playhouse Serves Up The Best Area ANNIE of the Season
BWW Reviews: Allenberry Playhouse Serves Up The Best Area ANNIE of the Season
July 21, 2013

Allenberry artistic director Roque Berlanga and choreographer Caitlin Evans bring the area an ANNIE that delivers on the show's potential

BWW Reviews: MARRIAGE GO ROUND Brings Laughs And Swedish Bombshells at Rainbow Dinner Theatre
BWW Reviews: MARRIAGE GO ROUND Brings Laughs And Swedish Bombshells at Rainbow Dinner Theatre
July 17, 2013

The Leslie Stevens classic (both Broadway play and film) is revived and updated at Rainbow Dinner Theatre

BWW Reviews: THE PRODUCERS - It's Springtime (for Hitler) All Over Again at York Little Theatre
BWW Reviews: THE PRODUCERS - It's Springtime (for Hitler) All Over Again at York Little Theatre
July 15, 2013

Director Rene Staub brings Mel Brooks' film-turned-musical-turned-film extravaganza of Broadway's greatest schlock to the YLT stage, and audiences love it

BWW Interviews: Michaela Coplen of Allenberry Playhouse and Conservatory
BWW Interviews: Michaela Coplen of Allenberry Playhouse and Conservatory
July 15, 2013

Not every young actor graduating high school already has 36 productions under their belt. What's it like for a professional actor to apply to be in the high school play? Find out from Michaela Coplen.

BWW Reviews: THE ROAD FROM APPOMATTOX Leads To Gettysburg's Majestic Theatre
BWW Reviews: THE ROAD FROM APPOMATTOX Leads To Gettysburg's Majestic Theatre
July 13, 2013

Richard Hellesen's production for Ford's Theatre is on stage at the Majestic for Gettysburg's 150th anniversary.

BWW Reviews: Lee Rowan's RANSOM is Engaging Summer Entertainment Reading
BWW Reviews: Lee Rowan's RANSOM is Engaging Summer Entertainment Reading
July 12, 2013

In 2005, the New York Times ran an article on romance novels, noting that romance novels were read by 51 million people a year, accounted for 49 percent of all paperback sales, and sold nearly one and a half billion dollars' worth of books annually. That's a lot of romance - and at the time, as the Times noted, the market was aimed almost exclusively at heterosexual women with heterosexual romance. The article's real focus was on the emerging market for same-sex romance novels.

BWW Reviews: Carlisle Theatre Company Presents A Colorful 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL As Part of SummerFest
BWW Reviews: Carlisle Theatre Company Presents A Colorful 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL As Part of SummerFest
July 11, 2013

Dustin LeBlanc directs a fine ensemble and some talented leads in Dolly Parton's musical fantasy of revenge on the boss

BWW Reviews: Picardo and Wilkof Bring Down House As THE SUNSHINE BOYS At Totem Pole Playhouse
BWW Reviews: Picardo and Wilkof Bring Down House As THE SUNSHINE BOYS At Totem Pole Playhouse
July 11, 2013

Lee Wilkof and Robert Picardo, directed by John Putch, present a knockout version of the Neil Simon classic

BWW Reviews: IMPERFECT PAIRINGS By Jackie Townsend
BWW Reviews: IMPERFECT PAIRINGS By Jackie Townsend
July 9, 2013

Townsend's sophomore novel is a charming tribute to all things Italian -- its culture, its wine, and its families, no matter how flawed they may be.

BWW Reviews: A Musically Lush SOUTH PACIFIC At Dutch Apple
BWW Reviews: A Musically Lush SOUTH PACIFIC At Dutch Apple
July 8, 2013

Two spectacular singers headline the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein wartime story of star-crossed lovers



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