Carly Mensch is an American playwright, television writer, and producer. She created an

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play called ''Len, Asleep in Vinyl'', which was later adapted into a film, '' Len and Company''. She also created a play ''Oblivion'', which played at the Westport County Playhouse, as well as a play called ''All Hail Hurricane Gordo''. She has written and produced for '' Weeds'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She co-created (with

Liz Flahive Liz Flahive is an American playwright, television producer and writer. Beginning her career as a playwright, Flahive wrote two plays, ''From Up Here'' and ''The Madrid''. She acted as a producer, executive story editor, and writer on ''Nurse Jack ...

) the Netflix series '' GLOW'', which she currently writes and executive produces. For her work on ''GLOW'', she was nominated for an

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in 2018. Mensch graduated from

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in 2005 and is married to fellow Dartmouth alumnus

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, the director of research and co-host of ''

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''.

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