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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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Feb 8, 2026 ∙ 2 min
EMA Review: Eurydice ***** Delicious
By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com I love a good story about the afterlife. So, of course, Orpheus would appeal to me as he travels down to the Underworld to reconnect with and retrieve his bride, Eurydice, who has died on their wedding day. A heck of a plot. Considering it’s all Greek mythology, it’s a classic and has been told in many different ways. But it’s always told from Orpheus’s point of view. Playwright Sarah Ruhl turned...
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Jan 24, 2026 ∙ 2 min
EMA Review: The Guardian ***** Delicious
By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com Sometimes evil comes to your door with smiles and kindness. That's the takeaway from The Guardian by Ernest Hemmings, a three-act, two-hour cautionary play now in performances at Vegas Theatre. It's a joint production of TSTMRKT and Vegas Theatre Company, under the direction of the playwright. Hemmings often directs (and stars in) his own works. There are two schools of thought on that: one is...
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Jan 17, 2026 ∙ 2 min
EMA Review: Into the Woods ***** Delicious
A Can’t Miss – Don’t Miss Show By Paul Atreides Author, Playwright, and Theatre Critic at EatMoreArtVegas.compaul-atreides.com Take the Grimm fairy tales Jack and the Beanstalk , Cinderella , Little Red Riding Hood , and Rapunzel that you read as a child, or saw on film, seamlessly mash them together with steroids, add dashes of humor and beautiful songs like “Children Will Listen,” and you get Into the Woods . With a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, you’ve...
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