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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: A High-Flying PETER PAN Soars Across the Chambersburg Community Theatre Stage
BWW Reviews: A High-Flying PETER PAN Soars Across the Chambersburg Community Theatre Stage
May 16, 2014

Chambersburg Community Theatre stages a lavish and lush PETER PAN. Hurry now to rescue Tinkerbell.

BWW Recap: Who's Your Daddy (And Is He Alive)? NBC's THE BLACKLIST Finale Gives New Twists to Old Questions
May 14, 2014

Berlin's on the loose, and after Red and the task force alike. Not everyone will live, and no one knows why he's after them. Meanwhile, Lizzie's family mystery grows deeper.

BWW Reviews: Disney's PETER PAN JR. Takes Flight with the 'Penguin Project' Production by Gettysburg Community Theatre
BWW Reviews: Disney's PETER PAN JR. Takes Flight with the 'Penguin Project' Production by Gettysburg Community Theatre
May 12, 2014

Children with challenges prove that everyone can be an artist through GCT's adoption of the Illinois 'Penguin Project' as PETER PAN and company take to the skies over Neverland.

BWW Reviews: Sondheim's COMPANY Drops In at Oyster Mill Playhouse
BWW Reviews: Sondheim's COMPANY Drops In at Oyster Mill Playhouse
May 8, 2014

Oyster Mill stages a flawed version of the hit Sondheim musical... but one that has some diamonds in its midst.

BWW Reviews: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - A Perfect Show at the Park with EPAC
BWW Reviews: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - A Perfect Show at the Park with EPAC
May 7, 2014

Director Edward Fernandez and company do full justice to the complex and powerful Sondheim musical about the complex and powerful Georges Seurat painting

BWW Recap: The Task Force Crumbles Like the 'Berlin' Wall on NBC's THE BLACKLIST
May 6, 2014

Lizzie tenders her resignation from the FBI as a mutant supervirus threatens death everywhere, and as the mysterious 'Berlin' comes gunning for Red.

BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD Cooks Up Some Fine Singing at Theatre Harrisburg
BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD Cooks Up Some Fine Singing at Theatre Harrisburg
May 4, 2014

Theatre Harrisburg cooks up a tune-filled production of the Sondheim musical about a murderous barber and his baker friend

BWW Reviews: Flash Back to the 70s With 9 TO 5 at York Little Theatre
BWW Reviews: Flash Back to the 70s With 9 TO 5 at York Little Theatre
May 4, 2014

The Dolly Parton movie comes to life on the YLT stage

BWW Reviews: ANYBODY FOR MURDER? Slays The Audiences At Rainbow Dinner Theatre
BWW Reviews: ANYBODY FOR MURDER? Slays The Audiences At Rainbow Dinner Theatre
May 1, 2014

The laughs and the death threats keep on rolling in 'The Avengers' producer Brian Clemens' mystery-farce.

BWW Reviews: FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL -Plenty of Flash and Dance, But No Heat or Grit, at Hershey
BWW Reviews: FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL -Plenty of Flash and Dance, But No Heat or Grit, at Hershey
May 1, 2014

FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL is a neat, sanitary, emotionless version of the 1983 classic movie. It's not quite ready for prime time.

BWW Reviews: BUDDY Rocks and Rolls the Fulton Theatre
BWW Reviews: BUDDY Rocks and Rolls the Fulton Theatre
May 1, 2014

Director Donna Drake and a seasoned cast of musician-actors rock the house at the Fulton all night in BUDDY

Beaux Arts Society 'Spring Fling' Honors McArdle, Pedi, Dale, and More
Beaux Arts Society 'Spring Fling' Honors McArdle, Pedi, Dale, and More
May 1, 2014

The annual Spring Fling luncheon of the Beaux Arts Socisty, Inc. honored a new group of Distinguished Artists from the stage, screen, and cabaret worlds

BWW Recap: It's Sudden Death for Politicos & for Red and Lizzie on NBC's THE BLACKLIST
April 29, 2014

The Kingmaker makes and destroys political careers. The discovery of Red's connection to her father may destroy Red's connection to Lizzie.

BWW Recap: Lizzie Confronts Tom and 'The Pavlovich Brothers' on THE BLACKLIST
April 22, 2014

Germ warfare. Domestic warfare. When the parties are Tom and Lizzie Keen, domestic warfare is bloodier.

BWW Interview: Terrence Mann on Directing LES MISERABLES
BWW Interview: Terrence Mann on Directing LES MISERABLES
April 21, 2014

Terrence Mann, director of the recent production of LES MISERABLES at Western Carolina University, reflects on Javert directing Javert, on listening to people audition in front of him with 'Stars,' and on collegiate versus professional productions

BWW Reviews: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Gettysburg Community Theatre
BWW Reviews: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Gettysburg Community Theatre
April 16, 2014

Gettysburg Community Theatre delivered a deservedly sold-out JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to the area in time for Easter

BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK Takes on Political Correctness at Open Stage
BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK Takes on Political Correctness at Open Stage
April 16, 2014

Donald Alsedek directs the follow-up to A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Open Stage of Harrisburg.

BWW Reviews: THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB Buoys Spirits at Allenberry Playhouse
BWW Reviews: THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB Buoys Spirits at Allenberry Playhouse
April 15, 2014

The opening show of the 2014 season is a Southern ensemble comedy that will leave audiences laughing

BWW Reviews: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is a Dance Festival on Stage at Dutch Apple
BWW Reviews: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is a Dance Festival on Stage at Dutch Apple
April 11, 2014

Kerry Lambert's choreography keeps the show moving as seven badly behaved mountain men kidnap wives from the local town and hold them for the winter.

BWW Reviews: Enjoy a Luxurious (and Chocolate-Covered) Vacation at the Hotel Hershey
BWW Reviews: Enjoy a Luxurious (and Chocolate-Covered) Vacation at the Hotel Hershey
April 10, 2014

The hotel named for its chocolate-industry founder boasts everything from gourmet cuisine to falconry, with a top-rated spa and top-notch service as well



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