Carly Mensch

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Carly Mensch
Occupation(s)Playwright, television writer and producer
Years active2007-present
TelevisionGLOW
SpouseLatif Nasser

Carly Mensch is an American playwright, television writer, and producer. She created an Off-Broadway play called Len, Asleep in Vinyl,[1][2] which was later adapted into a film, Len and Company.[3] She also created a play Oblivion, which played at the Westport County Playhouse, as well as a play called All Hail Hurricane Gordo.[4][5] She has written and produced for Weeds, Nurse Jackie, and Orange is the New Black.[6] She co-created (with Liz Flahive) the Netflix series GLOW,[7] which she currently writes and executive produces. For her work on GLOW, she was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2018.[8]

Mensch graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005 and is married to fellow Dartmouth alumnus Latif Nasser, the director of research for Radiolab.[9]

References

  1. ^ Thielman, Sam (2008-06-03). "Len, Asleep in Vinyl". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  2. ^ Gates, Anita (2008-06-06). "Len, Asleep in Vinyl - Review - Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  3. ^ Lodge, Guy (2015-06-27). "Edinburgh Film Review: 'Len and Company'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  4. ^ Gates, Anita (2013-08-29). "Accepting a God, and Rejecting Her Parents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  5. ^ "A playwright speaks! We interview Carly Mensch | Theater, Blogs, Upstaged blog | reviews, guides, things to do, film". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  6. ^ Blyth, Antonia (2018-06-22). "'GLOW' Showrunners Carly Mensch & Liz Flahive On Comfortable Leotards, Season 2 & "Eerie" '80s Political Parallels". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  7. ^ Turchiano, Danielle (2018-08-09). "'GLOW' Bosses on the Importance of a Kid-Friendly Workspace". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  8. ^ "Carly Mensch". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  9. ^ "What's In a Name?". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.

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