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: At the End of the Day, the Western Carolina LES MISERABLES Delivers Some Notable Performances
April 7, 2014
April 7, 2014
The Western Carolina University School of Stage and Screen presented a production of the classic musical directed by one of its original stars, Tony nominee Terrence Mann
BWW Reviews: PINKALICIOUS Brightens the Fulton Stage for Spring
March 28, 2014
March 28, 2014
The Fulton's children's theatre season continues with the tale of a little girl who loves pink just a little too much.
BWW Reviews: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Is a Bloody Good Time at York Little Theatre
March 28, 2014
March 28, 2014
Director Aaron Dalton brings the award-winning Off-Broadway show to the York Little Theatre's Studio Theatre
BWW Reviews: DEATH COMES TO THE VILLAGE by Catherine Lloyd
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Lloyd's new series makes Regency England a charming but dangerous place
BWW Reviews: EPAC's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST is Intense Portrayal of Instututional Insanity
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Tim Riggs directs a fine cast in Ken Kesey's classic story of misplaced power and control in a mental instutution
BWW Reviews: MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE COUCH Brings Laughs At Oyster Mill
March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
Jack Sharkey's classic comedy of psychiatrists and book contracts is on stage at Oyster Mill Playhouse
BWW Reviews: Poulenc's DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES is Timely, Compelling, at Aurora Chamber Opera Series
March 25, 2014
March 25, 2014
Poulenc's work about martyred nuns shows its modern relevance on stage at the Perelman Theatre in Philadelphia
BWW Reviews: The Fulton's 'Puttin' on the Ritz' with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
March 23, 2014
March 23, 2014
Director Marc Robin and a great cast put on the Ritz with the musical version of Mel Brooks' favorite comedy
BWW Reviews: Nancy Coco's ALL FUDGED UP, a Mystery With Recipes
March 21, 2014
March 21, 2014
When Allie finds a dead body in her father's Mackinac Island hotel and fudge shop, more mayhem ensues.
BWW Interviews: Jason Robert Brown Comes to Lancaster
March 21, 2014
March 21, 2014
The noted composer of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY appears at a master class and concert on March 29 with PRiMA Theatre
BWW Interviews: Jason Robert Brown On Current Shows And His Upcoming Performances
March 21, 2014
March 21, 2014
Jason Robert Brown, with BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Broadway and HONEYMOON IN VEGAS coming, talks about his career and his continuing live performances
BWW Reviews: Gettysburg Community Theatre Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
March 19, 2014
March 19, 2014
Carrie Trax and Kyleigh Grim direct a show it should have been 'impossible' to have on stage in the area, with a children's cast singing Rodgers and Hammerstein classics, that's not only possible but delightful
BWW Reviews: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Open Stage of Harrisburg
March 16, 2014
March 16, 2014
Anne Alsedek directs a well-handled version of Open Stage's annual production -- its fifteenth year of presenting the powerful classic
BWW Reviews: THE CALAMARI SISTERS' BIG FAT ITALIAN WEDDING Takes Over Penn's Landing
March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014
Someone let the Calamari Sisters back into Philly, and this time there's a wedding. Or is there? And did someone leave a cake out in the rain? 'Mangia Italiano!' is back, and things will never be the same.
BWW Reviews: Tony-Winner Bailey Ryon And More at Gettysburg Community Theatre CINDERELLA BALL
March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014
Bailey Ryon of MATILDA and cast and friends of Gettysburg Community Theatre performed at THE CINDERELLA BALL for GCT.
BWW Reviews: The Circular Restaurant and the Iberian Lounge, Hotel Hershey
March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014
One of America's great luxury hotels boasts a dining room whose cuisine isn't entirely made of the local product -- chocolate -- but incorporates it within a nicely balanced menu
BWW Interview: HAPPY GILMORE, LUCKY GUY Star Christopher McDonald Talks OFFER AND COMPROMISE
March 8, 2014
March 8, 2014
Stage and large and small screen star Christopher McDonald talks about his career and his part in Valerie Landsberg's Kickstarter-funded OFFER AND COMPROMISE, an examination of credit cards and debt collection
BWW Reviews: Dinner and a Show - Shank's Tavern and BABY at Susquehanna Stage Co in Marietta
March 6, 2014
March 6, 2014
BABY is a small but charming show at Susquehanna Stage -- and for dinner first in a cold end-of-winter, warm up at the ancient fireplace at Shank's Tavern
BWW Reviews: DreamWrights' Accessible Family ALICE IN WONDERLAND
March 1, 2014
March 1, 2014
DreamWrights and director Paige Hoke provide a version of Carroll's classic tale with a grinning cat, a mad hatter, and increased accessibility for the visually impaired.
BWW Reviews: Disney's 101 DALMATIANS KIDS Romps Across The York Little Theatre Stage
February 28, 2014
February 28, 2014
It's got black and white spotted puppies and a mean, evil, awful Cruella DeVil. You want something else? Of course you don't.
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