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: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SONDHEIM at Susquehanna University
February 8, 2013
February 8, 2013
The legendary theatrical composer and lyricist took to the Susquehanna University stage to present his own inside history of American musical theatre and its creators and stars
BWW Reviews: An Energetic DROWSY CHAPERONE at Theatre Harrisburg
February 5, 2013
February 5, 2013
Theatre Harrisburg stages an energetic, flamboyant DROWSY CHAPERONE at Whitaker Center
BWW Reviews: Go See JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Before It's Gone From Open Stage
February 4, 2013
February 4, 2013
Don Alsedek directs a familiar and nearly flawless cast in August Wilson's play of African-American life in Pittsburgh in 1911
BWW Reviews: GOOD PEOPLE Does Good for the Fulton Theatre
February 4, 2013
February 4, 2013
David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-winner of 2011 is on the Fulton stage with the assistance of Walnut Street director Bernard Harvard
BWW Reviews: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Rocks Hershey Theatre
January 30, 2013
January 30, 2013
The night Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis jammed at Sun Records is brought on stage at Hershey by director Eric Schaeffer
BWW Reviews: FUNNY MONEY Scatters Over Oyster Mill Stage
January 28, 2013
January 28, 2013
Director Lois Heagy and local theatre veteran Nick Hughes keep the money in play in Ray Cooney's 1994 farce
BWW Reviews: MY NAME IS ASHER LEV at Gamut/Harrisburg Shakespeare Company
January 21, 2013
January 21, 2013
J Clark Nicholson directs a tight, moving portrayal of family disunity and the competing truths of religion and of art
BWW Reviews: A Killer DEATHTRAP at York Little Theatre
January 12, 2013
January 12, 2013
Director Crystal Ganong presents a smart, fast-paced version of Ira Levin's infamous mystery-comedy at YLT.
BWW Reviews: The RAT PACK LOUNGE at the Dutch Apple
January 11, 2013
January 11, 2013
God sends Frankie, Sammy and Dino back to Earth to do a final good deed -- and to sing their way through it -- in this Rat Pack jukebox comedy directed by Victor Legaretta
BWW Reviews: A.R.T. PIPPIN Talkback Coverage
January 10, 2013
January 10, 2013
At the January 9 talkback at American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, cast members and Diane Paulus covered their thoughts on the show, on their interest in cross-training skills, and on the move to Broadway.
BWW Interviews: Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise on PIPPIN, Paulus' Vision, and Working Together
January 10, 2013
January 10, 2013
Actors Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise break from PIPPIN to discuss their work in it, their characters, and the changes in theme from the original to Diane Paulus' circus-themed current production.
BWW Reviews: Open Stage Rings a Sleigh Bell With THE SANTALAND DIARIES
December 19, 2012
December 19, 2012
Stuart Landon's Crumpet the Elf takes over Open Stage for an evening of bizarrely entertaining tales of Christmas at Macy's.
BWW Reviews: Susquehanna Stage Co Presents ANNIE
December 17, 2012
December 17, 2012
Like fine chocolate, Jason Spickler's production yields something not too sweet, a bit on the dark side, but with plenty of promise for a smooth finish.
BWW Reviews: EPAC Sails Into Christmas With ANYTHING GOES
December 10, 2012
December 10, 2012
Director Ed Fernandez brings the Tony-nominated Cole Porter revival to Lancaster County, and revives audience spirits along with it
BWW Reviews: Andreas Scholl at the Ware Center, Lancaster
December 8, 2012
December 8, 2012
Famed German countertenor Andreas Scholl and Israeli pianist Tamar Halperin performed works from Scholl's new song/lieder CD at the Ware Center, Lancaster, on December 5.
BWW Reviews: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Makes Big Splash At The Fulton
December 3, 2012
December 3, 2012
Director/Choreographer Marc Robin and actor Curt Dale Clark take the beloved movie to the Fulton stage, and make a big, big splash in the process.
BWW Reviews: A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES Visits Open Stage Of Harrisburg
November 26, 2012
November 26, 2012
Open Stage veteran Stuart Landon and OSHKids performer Lance Miller bring Dylan Thomas and his Christmas classic to life under Donald Alsedek's direction
BWW Reviews: A BOOGIE WOOGIE CHRISTMAS Taps Allenberry's Christmas Spirit
November 21, 2012
November 21, 2012
Directed by Roque Berlanga and written by Allenberry's Jackie Heinze, A BOOGIE WOOGIE CHRISTMAS celebrates the holiday music of the Greatest Generation
BWW Reviews: CHRISTMAS IN PARADISE at Rainbow Brings the Holiday Home
November 21, 2012
November 21, 2012
Fine comic acting and a strong script bring the joys of an Amish Christmas to stranded New Yorkers, and to a delighted audience
BWW Reviews: Santa Arrives At Dutch Apple's A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS
November 21, 2012
November 21, 2012
The first of the major Christmas shows offers huge revue of dancers, singers, and Santa Elvis and his elves at Dutch Apple
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