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: Brilliant OTHER DESERT CITIES at The Fulton
February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016
The Jon Robin Baitz story of family dysfunction in the wealthy Republican enclaves of Palm Springs gets an intimate and brilliantly performed production at the Fulton's Studio Theatre.
BWW Cooks: Know Your Tuna (and Love It Canned, Too)
February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016
What's bluefin? What's yellowfin? Does it have mercury in it? And can I admit I love tuna salad sandwiches more than seared ahi? Learn to know and love your tuna.
BWW Interview: Craig Smith and Theresa Walker of CLUE
February 18, 2016
February 18, 2016
CLUE is at Dutch Apple. Mrs. White and Mr. Green reveal secrets of the musical murder mystery, and of the couple's favorite shows together -- off stage, when they're not up to their necks in murder, they're engaged.
BWW Review: A WONDERFUL NOISE Is a Wonderful Time
February 18, 2016
February 18, 2016
Harriet Power directs Michael Hollinger's musical about men, women, and barbershop quartets. It's noisy, all right, and plenty of fun.
BWW Cooks: The Magic of Pasta Water
February 17, 2016
February 17, 2016
The water from boiling pasta has more uses than you;d imagine. Don't waste the culinary gift that it is.
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING Smoothly at Open Stage
February 14, 2016
February 14, 2016
The 1969 installment of August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle makes its mark at Open Stage, with Aaron Bomar leading a great cast.
BWW Recap: Butterflies are Free with 'Lady Ambrosia' on THE BLACKLIST
February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016
Liz Keen and Raymond Reddington search for special-needs children taken in, and possibly killed, by an earth mother hippie promising them eternal youth. Keen continues trying to adopt, while Tom Keen comes close to death thanks to Gina Zanatokos. It's a beautiful day in THE BLACKLIST's neighborhood.
BWW Review: Oyster Mill Delivers Classic Production of ALL MY SONS
February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016
Director Lew Silverman and a strong cast give a solid treatment of the Arthur Miller classic.
BWW Review: NINA FOREVER Heralds New Directors, the Blaines
February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016
New girlfriend meets dead one in a black comedy that introduces a new directorial duo, the Blaine Brothers
BWW Review: SEX PLEASE, WE'RE SIXTY Sells Out YLT
February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016
New England summer visited a York, PA winter with a bedroom farce involving a bed and breakfast and its 'gentleman callers'... and some little bottles of pills.
BWW Review: A Stunning RED VELVET at Gamut Theatre
February 6, 2016
February 6, 2016
Clark Nicholson directs a visually stunning, perfectly cast production of Lolita Chakrabarti's play about the first great black Shakespearian actor
BWW Recap: Tony Shaloub Merges Mobsters on THE BLACKLIST
February 5, 2016
February 5, 2016
Eizabeth Keen has adoption issues, Tom Keen hooks up with his ex, and Raymond Reddington has an affair worth avenging, as Tony Shaloub plays a criminal business merger expert on NBC's THE BLACKLIST
BWW Review: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Delights Dutch Apple Audiences
February 4, 2016
February 4, 2016
The Fifties are back at Dutch Apple, and they've never looked or sounded better.
BWW Cooks: The Great American Super Bowl Chicken Wing
February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016
With over a billion chicken wings going down on Super Bowl Sunday, bring your party the treat of freshly made wings, not tepid takeout.
BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE is in the Pink at the Fulton
February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016
Broadway World award winner Marc Robin brings a bouncy, infectious bundle of pink cotton candy to the Fulton stage with LEGALLY BLONDE
BWW Cooks: Hot Chocolate Drinks For Cold Weather
January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016
When it's cold or snowing, nothing's better for warming up than hot chocolate. Or hot cocoa. What's the difference, and how can you make them without those white packets?
BWW Review: Not Your Parents' CINDERELLA at Hershey Theatre
January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016
The national tour of CINDERELLA is in Central Pennsylvania. It's more spectacular than you heard, and beautiful to watch, but the political revisions don't fit.
BWW Cooks: Cooking Authentic Asian Flavors at Home
January 18, 2016
January 18, 2016
Do you want your Chinese or Japanese cooking to taste more like restaurant food, or more like traditional cuisines? Here are some hints for your cooking arsenal.
BWW Recap: The Director's Flight Hits a Dead End on THE BLACKLIST
January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016
Red Reddington sets out to discredit the Director with The Cabal, and exonerate Liz Keen in the process. With a little help from Ressler, Aram, Mr. Kaplan, and the Venezuelan foreign minister, anything can happen on THE BLACKLIST.
2016 Dorian Award Nominees Announced
January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016
GALECA has announced the film and television nominees for its 2016 Dorian Awards.
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