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Carly Mensch

CARLY MENSCH

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  represented by Derek Zasky

Carly Mensch's play All Hail Hurricane Gordo was produced as part of the 2008 Humana Festival of New Plays in a co-production with the Cleveland Play House. Her play Len, Asleep in Vinylpremiered at Second Stage Theatre/Uptown Series this summer, directed by Jackson Gay. Ms. Mensch has developed work at the Kennedy Center, the Marin Theatre Company, the Actors Theater of Louisville and Ars Nova, where she was the 2008 Playwright-in-Residence and a member of Play Group. She has recently been commissioned by Playwrights Horizons and Ars Nova.

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below is a list of Carly Mensch's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         All Hail Hurricane Gordo         Delicate Business of Boy and Miss Girl, The         Democracy         Len, Asleep in Vinyl         Now Circa then         Oblivion

All Hail Hurricane Gordo

All Hail Hurricane Gordo
the routines of daily life get blown apart when two brothers take in a plucky young houseguest. While India is running away from her relatively normal family, Chaz is struggling to find normalcy in the one he already has. Is it possible to be your brother's keeper and have a life too? the play premiered at Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors theatre of Louisville.

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co-produced with Actors' Theatre of Louisville

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Delicate Business of Boy and Miss Girl, The

Synopsis:
An absurd fable is corrupted by a Venture Capitalist masquerading as a children's party entertainer. Join adventurers Boy and Miss Girl for a weird and occasionally lethal tale of growing up and selling out.

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VENUE 11: Center for Architecture

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Odyssey Productions

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Genre:
Comedy Drama 85 min Comedy

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Democracy

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part of the Wikipedia Plays is A mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia wave through 17 related entries. the press materials describe it thusly: "In this brave new world of instant gratification where the internet can live in your pocket, one group of writers has created A mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia wave through seventeen related entries." the plays And playwrights Are: Mike Batistick (Castration Anxiety), Evan Cabnet (Prokop the Great), Ron Fitzgerald (Turbulent), Liz Flahive (Bohemia), Sam Forman (Fetish), Etan Frankel (the Defenestration of Prague), Kyle Jarrow (Troposphere), Nick Jones (Global Warming), Barry Levey (Yale Law School), Carly Mensch (Democracy), Elizabeth Meriwether (Particle Board), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Golf Ball), Rachel Shukert (Stiletto Heels), Mat Smart (Weather Forecasting), Aurin Squire (Uncertainties), Adam Szymkowicz (Bill Clinton) And Beau Willimon (Wooden). the Wikipedia Plays Are directed by Evan Cabnet, Michael Goldfried, Maria Goyanes, Meredith McDonough, Shira Milikowsky And Moritz von Stuelpnagel.

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Ars Nova, NY    2007

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Genre:
short play One Act

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Len, Asleep in Vinyl

Synopsis:
In this darkly funny play, Len, a legendary but disillusioned music producer has retreated to a cabin in the woods, comforted by his mountains of records. When his estranged son and an ambitious but self-destructive pop star both arrive on his doorstep, Len finds himself caught between their dreams and his own demons lurking in the woods
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1st Produced:
McGinn Cazale Theatre, NY    2008

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Second Stage Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Now Circa then

Now Circa then
Meet Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York's Lower East Side, circa 1890. Meet Gideon and Margie, an unlikely pair of historical reenactors, circa now. A museum tour goes off the rails in this jaunty tale of old places, new beginnings and timeless questions.

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1st Produced:
Ars Nova
511 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    27 Sep 2010

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Genre:
Dramatic comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Oblivion

Synopsis:
Uber-hip Brooklynites Pam and Dixon take great pride in their secular humanist approach to parenting. But when their 17-year-old daughter, Julie, decides to become a Christian, their laid-back, open-minded facade comes crashing down. Carly Mensch's Oblivion takes a wry look at Nietzsche, famed film critic Pauline Kael, and the nature of belief in the 21st century.

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1st Produced:
Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago    Nov 2011

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1st Published:
http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/56383/oblivion   978-0573703669

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Genre:
Full Length Play, Drama 120 min

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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