Carly Mensch

Carly Mensch
Carly Mensch
Occupation(s)	Playwright, television writer, producer
Years active	2007-present
Television	GLOW
Spouse	Latif 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 and co-host of Radiolab.^[9]

References[edit]

^ Thielman, Sam (2008-06-03). "Len, Asleep in Vinyl". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ Gates, Anita (2008-06-06). "Len, Asleep in Vinyl - Review - Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ Lodge, Guy (2015-06-27). "Edinburgh Film Review: 'Len and Company'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ Gates, Anita (2013-08-29). "Accepting a God, and Rejecting Her Parents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ Turchiano, Danielle (2018-08-09). "'GLOW' Bosses on the Importance of a Kid-Friendly Workspace". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ "Carly Mensch". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
^ "What's In a Name?". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.