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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 Review: Rainbow Delights Audiences with Revived GOOD NIGHT MRS. PUFFIN
BWW Review: Rainbow Delights Audiences with Revived GOOD NIGHT MRS. PUFFIN
December 15, 2015

She's back, and she's sassy and psychic as ever. Cynthia DiSavino's Ginger Puffin is back on stage this holiday season. Prepare to laugh.

BWW Cooks: Vegetarian Holiday Entrees to Impress Guests
BWW Cooks: Vegetarian Holiday Entrees to Impress Guests
December 15, 2015

Vegetarians at the holiday table? Don't fear! There are easy-to-cook choices that are fancier than salads and more attractive than bean chili.

BWW Review: The Fulton Offers A Happy, Family-Friendly CHRISTMAS CAROL
BWW Review: The Fulton Offers A Happy, Family-Friendly CHRISTMAS CAROL
December 13, 2015

Winning the family Christmas show sweeps this year? Marc Robin's version of the Dickens classic, complete with dreidels and a bad-attitude teen Ghost of Christmas Future

BWW Review: It's A Big Bright, Beautiful SHREK at EPAC
BWW Review: It's A Big Bright, Beautiful SHREK at EPAC
December 11, 2015

It's SHREK on steroids, with a feisty Fiona, a smaller-scale, singing dragon, and a lord short on ideas as well as height while the world's favorite ogre rescues a princess and the land of Duloc, all unintentionally.

BWW Review: Mechanicsburg Welcomes a Raunchy, Silly TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS
BWW Review: Mechanicsburg Welcomes a Raunchy, Silly TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS
December 10, 2015

There's no excuse for it, but that's why you should see it. Rednecks, Christmas, Bad Drag and more grace the Mechanicsburg stage.

Beaux Arts Society Ball Coronates Annual BAS Royalty
Beaux Arts Society Ball Coronates Annual BAS Royalty
December 10, 2015

The Beaux Arts Society held its annual Beaux Arts Society Ball, coronating its annual royalty and holding its famous annual costume event.

BWW Cooks: Using Bronze Die Pasta
BWW Cooks: Using Bronze Die Pasta
December 4, 2015

Can't make fresh pasta? Most Italians don't -- the quality choice there is bronze die extruded, slow-dried boxed pasta. You can make the choice too.

BWW Review: PETER, HOOK AND THE DARLINGS Soars at Open Stage of Harrisburg
BWW Review: PETER, HOOK AND THE DARLINGS Soars at Open Stage of Harrisburg
December 3, 2015

Stuart Landon writes and directs a very different, beautifully set, version of the Barrie tale of the boy who won't grow up

BWW Review: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Brightens Allenberry Season
BWW Review: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Brightens Allenberry Season
December 3, 2015

Jackie Heinze and Ryan Gibbs take the annual Christmas production to new places -- Winter Wonderland, to be exact, by way of merry old Oz. A whole new take that's fun for the whole family.

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY Lights Up Dutch Apple for Christmas
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY Lights Up Dutch Apple for Christmas
December 1, 2015

The Red Ryder BB Gun and the fishnet-clad leg lamp grace the Dutch Apple stage for the Christmas season.

BWW Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS Sparkles at York Little Theatre
BWW Review: WHITE CHRISTMAS Sparkles at York Little Theatre
November 29, 2015

Director Rene Staub puts on a sparkly, glittery, dancing WHITE CHRISTMAS at York

BWW Cooks: Understanding Your Butter
BWW Cooks: Understanding Your Butter
November 27, 2015

Just in time for those holiday baking projects: what you need to know about butter before you start cooking. Margarine and soft spreads have no room at this table if baking and finishing foods are to turn out properly.

BWW Reviews: The Fulton Goes Over the Top for Christmas with ELF
BWW Reviews: The Fulton Goes Over the Top for Christmas with ELF
November 20, 2015

Director and choreographer Marc Robin turns the Christmas musical into an over the top extravaganza with tap, tap, and more tap routines. It's a whole new world of Christmas happiness.

BWW Cooks: The Perfect Baked Potato
BWW Cooks: The Perfect Baked Potato
November 20, 2015

No microwave. No foil. No problems. The perfect baked potato is no secret, and it's not complicated. It's all in the right potato and the preparation.

BWW Review: A New TWELFTH NIGHT Inaugurates the New Gamut Theatre
BWW Review: A New TWELFTH NIGHT Inaugurates the New Gamut Theatre
November 20, 2015

Clark Nicholson has a new theatre and a new production of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT. Both are worth seeing.

BWW Review: THE BLACKLIST Mid-Season Finale Reflections
BWW Review: THE BLACKLIST Mid-Season Finale Reflections
November 20, 2015

After a harrowing West Virginia road trip, Red gets free from kidnappers but Liz Keen gets arrested by Ressler. Solomon is after everyone. There are firings, deaths, and mayhem. It's mid-season on NBC's THE BLACKLIST.

BWW Review: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES Plays for Laughs at Oyster Mill
BWW Review: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES Plays for Laughs at Oyster Mill
November 19, 2015

The classic farce comes back for laughs at Oyster Mill Playhouse

BWW Review: Roald Dahl Hit MATILDA 'Schools' Hershey Theatre
BWW Review: Roald Dahl Hit MATILDA 'Schools' Hershey Theatre
November 13, 2015

Matilda Wormwood, her parents, and her school are here, and things will never be the same. Hershey Theatre presents the RSC tour of MATILDA.

BWW Recap: The Search for 'Zal Bin Hasaan' is on at THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: The Search for 'Zal Bin Hasaan' is on at THE BLACKLIST
November 13, 2015

Red Reddington and Liz Keen are trying to clear her name, but Agent Samar Navabi has bigger fish to fry: terrorist Zal Bin Hasaan is in the US. The FBI and Mossad will have to cooperate better than Donald Ressler and the CIA Director are doing.

BWW Recap: It's the Big Chill With 'Sir Crispin Crandall' on THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: It's the Big Chill With 'Sir Crispin Crandall' on THE BLACKLIST
November 5, 2015

Scientists go missing two by two; one,economist Andras Halmi, may be able to clear Liz Keen's name. Red Reddington and Agent Donald Ressler go searching for Halmi, and for cryonics expert Sir Crispin Crandall, while The Director plots to kill Red and Liz. Meanwhile, Tom Keen's found his way into a Russian fight club, but will he live? It's scientists on the rocks with a twist of Russian terrorists on THE BLACKLIST.



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