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Paul Atreides is an award-winning author, playwright and screenwriter, and theatre critic. A former critic and columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, he now writes for EatMoreArtVegas.com and OnStageBlog.com.

His paranormal rom-com novels Marvin’s World of Deadheads, Jenna’s Gang of Deadheads, and Nathan’s Clan of Deadheads make up the World of Deadheads trilogy published through The Wild Rose Press.

His newest play, The Last Confession, was a Finalist in the Carlo Annoni International Play Competition. And the 10-minute Tryst won its category and placed third overall in Emerald Theatre’s 6th Annual competition. www.paul-atreides.com Facebook.com/paulatreides

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Jul 11, 2026 ∙ 2 min

EMA Review: Come From Away ***** Delicious

Come Away - Together By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com Las Vegas Little Theatre opened Come From Away, by David Hein and Irene Sankoff, for their summer musical. Having garnered seven Tony Award nominations, including Best New Musical, and winning the Olivier Award in that same category, it’s getting productions all over the place this year. With the timing of the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attack, it makes perfect sense. But...

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May 17, 2026 ∙ 3 min

EMA Review: Love You Madly ** Still Hungry

By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.com paul-atreides.com Playwrights need theatres to help develop their works. With the recent announcement that the Yale Drama Series Competition for New Works is ending this year, coupled with the Sundance Theatre Lab closing in 2021 and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop for stage plays being moved to the MFA program, it's terrific that Las Vegas Little Theatre (LVLT) does this. While early drafts are sharpened by table...

May 10, 2026 ∙ 3 min

EMA Review: The Will to Live ***1/2 Scrumptious

Rewinding the Clock By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com The Will to Live, Juliana Noble’s first play, deservedly won Best of Fringe at the 2024 Las Vegas Fringe Festival. It was a trimmed-down script to fit the 60-minute time slot. Now, 23 months later, the full play debuts at Vegas Theatre Company with Noble again in the director’s chair. The play’s conceit and hook is that it is structured backward. It opens with Dorothy’s...