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: Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Time Travel at PIFA to Swinging Sixties Spy Movie Music
April 30, 2013
April 30, 2013
The PIFA time travel theme took the Philly Pops to the birth of the James Bond film franchise... and beyond
BWW Reviews: DREAMGIRLS at the Fulton Theatre - A Dream of a Show
April 27, 2013
April 27, 2013
Director Marc Robin dazzles audiences at the Fulton with the story of Deena Jones and the Dreams
BWW Reviews: A Visually Stunning MAGIC FLUTE at Opera Philadelphia
April 25, 2013
April 25, 2013
The Diane Paulus/Canadian Opera production now at Opera Philadelphia dazzles the eye, if not always the ear
BWW Interviews: Sally Struthers to Visit 'Mother's' Totem Pole Playhouse in May
April 25, 2013
April 25, 2013
Sally Struthers of 'All in the Family' and 'Five Easy Pieces' fame comes to Totem Pole Playhouse in May, kicking off the summer season with SIMPLY SALLY STRUTHERS.
BWW Reviews: MOON OVER THE BREWERY Shines on Oyster Mill Playhouse
April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013
Oyster Mill presents a romantic comedy of mail carriers, encyclopedias, and an invisible Jay Gatsby, directed by Craig Stouffer
BWW Reviews: IN THE NEXT ROOM at Open Stage of Harrisburg Shines Light on History
April 22, 2013
April 22, 2013
Open Stage and Don Alsedek present Sarah Ruhl's thought-provoking, woman-centered tale of the unfortunate history of female sexuality
BWW Reviews: A Riveting CABARET at York Little Theatre
April 20, 2013
April 20, 2013
Aaron Dalton directs an intense production of the Donmar/1998 revival version of the classic, with Chad-Alan Carr as a stellar Cumming-inspired Emcee
BWW Reviews: Villanova's SALOME - A Stunning Performance of an Underperformed Classic
April 13, 2013
April 13, 2013
David Cregan directs a new translation of Wilde's classic in a performance that is literally 'up in the air'
BWW Interviews: The Circus Performers of PIPPIN, Part 2 - Viktoria Grimmy
April 12, 2013
April 12, 2013
The fifth generation circus performer talks about PIPPIN, family tradition, and what makes a proper circus
BWW Reviews: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates the Fall of the Berlin Wall at PIFA
April 11, 2013
April 11, 2013
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the Mendelssohn Club, and the Center for Emerging Visual Art paid tribute to one of the great events of modern history during the PIFA celebrations in a well-received performance of musical, vocal, and visual art
BWW Reviews: VAINGLORIOUS is Glorious Performance Art
April 11, 2013
April 11, 2013
Meet Napoleon, Beethoven, and Madame de Stael in person at Applied Mechanics' PIFA offering commemorating the coronation of Napoleon. Wear your comfortable shoes and prepare to be invited for a drink before the Congress of Vienna hits.
BWW Reviews: Bernstein's MASS at Penn State a Monumental Undertaking and a Giant Performance
April 9, 2013
April 9, 2013
The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece'
BWW Interviews: The Circus Performers Of PIPPIN, Part I - Orion Griffiths
April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013
The veteran English circus performer (and Sardine) reflecs on growing up in the circus and running away to join the theatre
BWW Reviews: Vote For A CANDIDATE FOR MURDER at Allenberry Resort and Playhouse
April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013
Allenberry's 2012-2013 Murder Mystery Weekend offering taps America's political vein, though it never goes for the jugular, just for laughs. Nonetheless, it could be a killer weekend getaway.
BWW Reviews: BRIGADOON at Dutch Apple is a Great Escape
April 2, 2013
April 2, 2013
Director Vince Legaretta and choreographer Kerry Lambert create a music and dance spectacle you may see once in a hundred years
BWW Reviews: ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA at EPAC - The Great Work Concludes
April 1, 2013
April 1, 2013
Part Two of ANGELS IN AMERICA comes to EPAC with director Ed Fernandez and the same cast as Part One -- and it's still worth the time to be there.
BWW Reviews: World Premiere of Michael Daugherty's REFLECTIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI
March 30, 2013
March 30, 2013
On March 24, Philadelphia Orchestra principal tubist Carol Jantsch and the Grammy-nominated Temple University Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of Daugherty's new concerto to a receptive and enthusiastic audience
BWW Interviews: Rachel Bay Jones, PIPPIN's Catherine, On Being Unconventional
March 29, 2013
March 29, 2013
The Broadway veteran talks Catherine, Anna, and her other roles -- on stage and in life
BWW Reviews: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at the Arden Is a Dream Not Deferred
March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013
Walter Dallas, former director of Freedom Theatre, brings a perfectly staged production of Hansberry's American classic to the Arden.
BWW Reviews: New FUN BETWEEN THE COVERS Brings Laughs At Rainbow Dinner Theatre
March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013
A new farce written by Rainbow veteran John Delancey and directed by Scott Russell brings bookstore events to a new level of chaos, with hilarious results
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