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play called ''Len, Asleep in Vinyl'', which was later adapted into a film, ''

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''. She also created a play ''Oblivion'', which played at the

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, as well as a play called ''All Hail Hurricane Gordo''. She has written and produced for ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She co-created (with

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) the Netflix series '' GLOW'', which she wrote for and would executive produced. 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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