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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: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at EPAC
BWW Review: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at EPAC
November 3, 2016

Sometimes high school just isn't the best time of your life...

BWW Cooks: Fast, DIFFERENT Vegetarian Hacks For Thanksgiving
BWW Cooks: Fast, DIFFERENT Vegetarian Hacks For Thanksgiving
November 2, 2016

Not another lasagna! Or, what to do when the last-minute vegetarians arrive without warning during the holidays.

BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween Treat at Susquehanna Stage Co.
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween Treat at Susquehanna Stage Co.
October 29, 2016

It's big, it's green, and it's hungry. Feed it a dentist! Susquehanna Stage's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a Halloween-season treat at Susquehanna Stage Co in Marietta.

BWW Review: A Sinister POSTMORTEM at The Belmont
BWW Review: A Sinister POSTMORTEM at The Belmont
October 28, 2016

A famous actor. His eccentric family. His theatrical co-stars. One psychic. And a year-old murder. What could possibly go wrong with this party?

BWW Review: Paint It RED, Not Black, at Open Stage
BWW Review: Paint It RED, Not Black, at Open Stage
October 28, 2016

John Logan's two-hand exploration of the mind and heart of painter Mark Rothko at Open Stage is one of the best things that will happen this season.

BWW Recap: All the Little Birdies Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet on THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: All the Little Birdies Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet on THE BLACKLIST
October 28, 2016

The Thrushes are the Blacklisters tonight: THE MAN FROM UNCLE is invoked by villain reference as computer systems fall, relationships prove to be honeytraps, and the search for Agnes closes. Will Mr. Kaplan live? Will Alexander Kirk die? And just which team is Liz Keen playing for?

BWW Reviews: A Rockin' ROCK OF AGES in Carlisle
BWW Reviews: A Rockin' ROCK OF AGES in Carlisle
October 24, 2016

The 80's glam-rock comedy brought huge laughs to a large space at Carlisle. Fourth wall? What's a fourth wall?

BWW Cooks: Halloween Candy and Homemade Treats
BWW Cooks: Halloween Candy and Homemade Treats
October 24, 2016

What to hand out, storebought for trick or treat, homemade for parties.

BWW Review: Come Stay In VERONICA'S ROOM if You Dare
BWW Review: Come Stay In VERONICA'S ROOM if You Dare
October 24, 2016

Marc Robin directs Ira Levin's creepiest play at the Fulton. Come and sit in Veronica's room with her. If you can.

BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
October 23, 2016

Most eighty-some-year-olds creak a bit, but others really get around, and that's the truth about ANYTHING GOES. Cole Porter is, of course, one of the great lyrical geniuses of history, which is a huge part of the reason, but there's another truth about it - heavily worked-over as the book was, and has been, it hasn't aged badly... possibly because it's purely frothy silliness, like GUYS AND DOLLS. In this day, however, the frothy silliness is almost realistic, since part of the plot revolves around hysterical celebrity-worship. Is that young man really Public Enemy Number One? Grab a selfie with him before the police get him! Wait, he's not a famous criminal? Well, then, get him out of our way!

BWW Opinion: THE BLACKLIST - Where is Season Four Heading?
BWW Opinion: THE BLACKLIST - Where is Season Four Heading?
October 18, 2016

Broken relationships, broken bodies, and a hint of Stephen King - what direction will Season Four ultimately take?

BWW Cooks: That Milk on the Shelf - Why to Love Evaporated Milk
BWW Cooks: That Milk on the Shelf - Why to Love Evaporated Milk
October 17, 2016

What to do with evaporated milk> Your grandmother knew, and so did your mother -- and so should you.

BWW Review: AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION is a Killer at Oyster Mill
BWW Review: AN ACT OF THE IMAGINATION is a Killer at Oyster Mill
October 8, 2016

When a mystery novelist's foray into romantic fiction starts to play out in real life, with a death as the cherry on top, what is he to do? Nothing goes as you might expect, even when plot points are predictible.

BWW Recap: 'Miles McGrath' Incubates a Virus On THE BLACKLIST
BWW Recap: 'Miles McGrath' Incubates a Virus On THE BLACKLIST
October 7, 2016

Mr. Kaplan's alive, but for how long? The same could be asked of Alexander Kirk. And Elizabeth Keen has found her mother's diary It's a killer combination on NBC's THE BLACKLIST.

BWW Review: BILLY ELLIOT Dances Into Audience Hearts at the Fulton
BWW Review: BILLY ELLIOT Dances Into Audience Hearts at the Fulton
October 6, 2016

The miner's son who just wants to dance flies high on the Fulton stage.

BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK Lays Down the Beat at The Belmont
BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK Lays Down the Beat at The Belmont
October 2, 2016

A great cast, a fun show, and you can dance to it. What's not to love in this Andrew Lloyd Webber adaptation of the classic Jack Black flick?

BWW Review: ELECTRA is Electrifying at Villanova Theatre
BWW Review: ELECTRA is Electrifying at Villanova Theatre
September 28, 2016

Director David Cregan brings Frank McGuinness' adaptation of Sophocles' classic tragedy to electrifying life on the Villanova stage. Some things never change throughout history...

BWW Review: THE OLD PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING And Hanover Loves It
BWW Review: THE OLD PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING And Hanover Loves It
September 15, 2016

Hanover Little Theatre opens the season with a New Zealand import that's a fresh and timely comic take on modern seniors.

BWW Review: EPAC's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Is A Real Steal
BWW Review: EPAC's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Is A Real Steal
September 14, 2016

David Mamet's Pulitzer winning tale of backstabbing among the real estate world's non-elite has rarely looked better.

BWW Review: VANYA, SONIA, MASHA AND SPIKE Visit Oyster Mill
BWW Review: VANYA, SONIA, MASHA AND SPIKE Visit Oyster Mill
August 27, 2016

Since when does a small community theatre do a better job at a show than the professionals? In this production of Christopher Durang's popular Chekhov-based comedy.



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