Codename: White Mouse

by Rachel Bublitz

FULL LENGTH: When the Germans invade France, Nancy, a rich socialite house wife, isn’t able to sit back and do nothing. Despite her husband's objections, she gets involved with the resistance. For Nancy it’s a slippery slope and soon she graduates from delivering letters to breaking men out of concentration camps. Forced to flee the country with the Gestapo and Vichy on her heals, she is lead to safety over the...

FULL LENGTH: When the Germans invade France, Nancy, a rich socialite house wife, isn’t able to sit back and do nothing. Despite her husband's objections, she gets involved with the resistance. For Nancy it’s a slippery slope and soon she graduates from delivering letters to breaking men out of concentration camps. Forced to flee the country with the Gestapo and Vichy on her heals, she is lead to safety over the Pyrenees Mountains. Nancy, however, isn’t satisfied with a quiet life back in England and requests quickly to be sent back into the fight.

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Codename: White Mouse

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  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Codename: White Mouse by Rachel Bublitz
    “

    This quick-paced play about Nancy Wake, a spy for the resistance in Vichy France, is engaging from start to finish! Rachel Bublitz also does a great job showing how being a woman in this work was, in many ways, much harder than being a man in this work - the espionage equivalent of Ginger Roger's 'backwards and in heels.' Lovely play!

    This quick-paced play about Nancy Wake, a spy for the resistance in Vichy France, is engaging from start to finish! Rachel Bublitz also does a great job showing how being a woman in this work was, in many ways, much harder than being a man in this work - the espionage equivalent of Ginger Roger's 'backwards and in heels.' Lovely play!

    ”
  • Cheryl Bear: Codename: White Mouse by Rachel Bublitz
    “

    A powerful story of bravery and the call to fight for what one believes in. Moving and well done.

    A powerful story of bravery and the call to fight for what one believes in. Moving and well done.

    ”
  • Chelsea Frandsen: Codename: White Mouse by Rachel Bublitz
    “

    I have an unabashed obsession with WWII and Nancy Wake and was overjoyed to find this piece! Nancy Wake is a woman to be reckoned with and Rachel Bublitz is the amazing woman to tell her story! The plot moves at a heart racing clip and anyone who loves spy stories will eat this one up.

    I have an unabashed obsession with WWII and Nancy Wake and was overjoyed to find this piece! Nancy Wake is a woman to be reckoned with and Rachel Bublitz is the amazing woman to tell her story! The plot moves at a heart racing clip and anyone who loves spy stories will eat this one up.

    ”
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Character Information

This play is designed to be performed with as few as six actors, with intentional doubling.
  • Marie Baudin
    French. Nancy and Henri’s maid.
    twenties to thirties
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Ian Garrow
    English. An English Officer trapped in France after France had fallen.
    late twenties to early thirties
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male,
      Non-binary
  • Patrick O'Leary
    Belgium but pretends to be Irish. Has a resistance organization in France to help people get out of the country.
    mid to late twenties
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male,
      Non-binary
  • Mar Costa
    Spanish. A guide for the resistance.
    late thirties
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Nancy Wake
    Born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, married to Henri Fiocca, a Frenchmen, and living in Marseille, France, before the occupation. AKA Nancy Fiocca. Known to the Germans as “White Mouse.”
    thirties
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Henri Fiocca
    French. Nancy’s husband, rich and powerful. Owns a factory and donates a lot of money to resistance groups.
    fifties
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male,
      Non-binary

Development History

  • Workshop, 20% Theatre Company Chicago, 2018
  • Reading, Loud & Unladylike, 2015
  • Commission, Loud & Unladylike Festival, 2014