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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: JOSEPH AND THE... Lights Up Hershey Theatre's Broadway Series
BWW Reviews: JOSEPH AND THE... Lights Up Hershey Theatre's Broadway Series
September 26, 2014

A splashy light show of a Webber/Rice musical sings its way into audience hearts

BWW Recap: Berlin, Mossad, Mrs. Reddington Kick Off BLACKLIST Season 2
September 23, 2014

When last we saw Rayomnd 'Red' Reddington on THE BLACKLIST, he was on a stoop in front of his latest safe house, plotting to find Berlin, but now in the Season Two premiere, 'Lord Baltimore,' he's on the road in Cameroon, ducking down in a Jeep being chased by a military vehicle full of kids; bullets flying and rocket launchers launching - ah, for adventure.

BWW Reviews: Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Entertains on the Hanover Stage
BWW Reviews: Neil Simon's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Entertains on the Hanover Stage
September 21, 2014

Neil Simon's first odd couple is on stage at Hanover, and the laughs are gentle but plentiful.

BWW Reviews: A 'Just Sensational' MAME Plays at Allenberry
BWW Reviews: A 'Just Sensational' MAME Plays at Allenberry
September 17, 2014

Dann Dunn and cast give Central Pennsylvania a production that revives the Old South,Jerry Herman, and audience spirits

BWW Reviews: Attention Must Be Paid to DEATH OF A SALESMAN at EPAC
BWW Reviews: Attention Must Be Paid to DEATH OF A SALESMAN at EPAC
September 14, 2014

Ephrata Performing Arts Center gives Arthur Miller's classic play a worthy treatment

BWW Reviews: Theatre Harrisburg's THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Kicks Off New Season
BWW Reviews: Theatre Harrisburg's THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Kicks Off New Season
September 11, 2014

Theatre Harrisburg begins its season with the Philip Barry classic wedding comedy

BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple's HAIRSPRAY Will Dance Into Your Hearts
BWW Reviews: Dutch Apple's HAIRSPRAY Will Dance Into Your Hearts
September 3, 2014

Twist and shout your way through early 1960's Baltimore with the big-hearted, big-haired Tracy Turnblad and friends at Dutch Apple

BWW Preview: THE BLACKLIST Answers Some Questions, Asks Even More
September 15, 2014

Producer Jon Bokencamp's THE BLACKLIST, not only a breakout hit in its first season, but NBC's biggest hit since... forever, is back for a second season beginning September 22, and it once again promises more questions than answers.

BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre's LITTLE WOMEN is a Big Show
BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre's LITTLE WOMEN is a Big Show
August 22, 2014

A talented cast brings the classic American novel to life on the Gettysburg stage

BWW Reviews: DONE TO DEATH is a Real Killer at Oyster Mill
BWW Reviews: DONE TO DEATH is a Real Killer at Oyster Mill
August 19, 2014

Tom Moore leads a crew of classic mystery writers through a slew of murders on a deserted island, in a play that stands AND THEN THERE WERE NONE on its very comic ear.

BWW Reviews: Beaux Arts Society Summer Soiree Salutes Cabaret With Diana Templeton, Helen Klass
BWW Reviews: Beaux Arts Society Summer Soiree Salutes Cabaret With Diana Templeton, Helen Klass
August 16, 2014

The annual Beaux Arts Society, Inc. summer luncheon presented its members with classic cabaret performances and dance

BWW Reviews: A Different Interpretation of GODSPELL Plays at Totem Pole Playhouse
BWW Reviews: A Different Interpretation of GODSPELL Plays at Totem Pole Playhouse
August 13, 2014

Artistic Director Rowan Joseph presents a new take on GODSPELL - with Jesus sharing bread, wine, and a funky chicken among his disciples. It's fresh, it's different, and it may be just slightly too much. But the cast -- ah, the cast.

BWW Reviews: Totem Pole's THE FOREIGNER Shouldn't Be a Stranger
BWW Reviews: Totem Pole's THE FOREIGNER Shouldn't Be a Stranger
August 4, 2014

The Jenkins family -- Ken, Dan, and Jesse -- took over the Totem Pole stage for a riotous trip to Georgia

BWW Reviews: Allenberry's OKLAHOMA! Falls Short of the Classic
BWW Reviews: Allenberry's OKLAHOMA! Falls Short of the Classic
August 3, 2014

Beautiful sets. Great secondary characters. Delicious choreography. Where's the music in Allenberry's production?

BWW Review: OMG You Guys, LEGALLY BLONDE Is Playing at Ephrata Pertorming Arts Center!
BWW Review: OMG You Guys, LEGALLY BLONDE Is Playing at Ephrata Pertorming Arts Center!
July 29, 2014

OMG, like, Elle Woods is back, and she's turning Ephrata pink!

BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre's SHREK: THE MUSICAL - It's Big, Green, and Raucous
BWW Reviews: York Little Theatre's SHREK: THE MUSICAL - It's Big, Green, and Raucous
July 23, 2014

Rene Staub leads Randy Stamm and a large cast of fractured fairy tale stars in a musical tale of love, loss, daring heroics, and dragons, donkeys, and ogres

BWW Reviews: DIXIE SWIM CLUB Plays to Oyster Mill's Strengths
BWW Reviews: DIXIE SWIM CLUB Plays to Oyster Mill's Strengths
July 15, 2014

When five former swimmers spend their summer vacation together at the beach every year, anything can -- and does -- happen.

BWW Reviews: It's Christmas in July with PLAID TIDINGS at Hanover Little Theatre
BWW Reviews: It's Christmas in July with PLAID TIDINGS at Hanover Little Theatre
July 15, 2014

The Plaids are back for their one and only Earthly Christmas special, and they're doing it at Hanover Little Theatre for Christmas in July.

BWW Reviews: THE MUSIC MAN at Dutch Apple is a Bright, Lively Take on Tradition
BWW Reviews: THE MUSIC MAN at Dutch Apple is a Bright, Lively Take on Tradition
July 13, 2014

Brian Enzman gives the old classic a fresh look and feel, with some spectacular staging.

BWW Reviews: A Toe-Tapping, Tap-Dancing 42ND STREET at Allenberry Playhouse
BWW Reviews: A Toe-Tapping, Tap-Dancing 42ND STREET at Allenberry Playhouse
July 10, 2014

Director Ryan Gibbs and choreographer Dann Dunn put the tapping feet of 42ND STREET on the Allenberry stage.



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