{{short description|American dramatist}} {{Infobox person | name = Carly Mensch | occupation = Playwright, television writer, producer | years_active = 2007-present | television = ''GLOW'' | spouse = Latif Nasser | education = Dartmouth College (BA)<br>Juilliard School (GrDip) }} '''Carly Mensch''' is an American playwright, television writer, and producer. She created an Off-Broadway play called ''Len, Asleep in Vinyl'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/len-asleep-in-vinyl-1200521957/|title=Len, Asleep in Vinyl|last=Thielman|first=Sam|date=2008-06-03|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/theater/reviews/06asle.html|title=Len, Asleep in Vinyl - Review - Theater|last=Gates|first=Anita|date=2008-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which was later adapted into a film, ''Len and Company''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/len-and-company-review-1201525927/|title=Edinburgh Film Review: 'Len and Company'|last=Lodge|first=Guy|date=2015-06-27|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> She also created a play ''Oblivion'', which played at the Westport County Playhouse, as well as a play called ''All Hail Hurricane Gordo''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/nyregion/a-review-of-oblivion-at-westport-country-playhouse.html|title=Accepting a God, and Rejecting Her Parents|last=Gates|first=Anita|date=2013-08-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/upstaged-blog/a-playwright-speaks-we-interview-carly-mensch|title=A playwright speaks! We interview Carly Mensch {{!}} Theater, Blogs, Upstaged blog {{!}} reviews, guides, things to do, film|website=Time Out New York|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> She has written and produced for ''Weeds'', ''Nurse Jackie'', and ''Orange is the New Black''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/glow-carly-mensch-liz-flahive-season-2-interview-1202415540/|title='GLOW' Showrunners Carly Mensch & Liz Flahive On Comfortable Leotards, Season 2 & "Eerie" '80s Political Parallels|last=Blyth|first=Antonia|date=2018-06-22|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> She co-created (with Liz Flahive) the Netflix series ''GLOW'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/awards/glow-writers-office-kid-friendly-liz-flahive-carly-mensch-interview-1202897052/|title='GLOW' Bosses on the Importance of a Kid-Friendly Workspace|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=2018-08-09|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> which she wrote for and executive produced. For her work on ''GLOW'', she was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/carly-mensch|title=Carly Mensch|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>
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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/latif-nasser-other-latif-podcast|website=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine|title=What's In a Name?}} </ref>
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