056 - Don't Call Me Mouse (feat. Rachel Bublitz)

This week combines 3 things we love: spies, badass broads, and playwright Rachel Bublitz. The latter joins to tell the tale of Nancy Wake: badass lady spy of WWII whose tradecraft heavily featured out-drinking dumb men.

More on Rachel:

Rachel Bublitz is a playwright known for telling stories about women, and creating exciting new work for young performers. The Z Space premiere of her play “Ripped” received the Will Glickman Award for the best premiere play in the Bay Area. Other plays include a science driven full-length “Burst” (developed at Salt Lake Acting Company, PlayGround, and more), and “The Night Witches” (published with Dramatic Publishing). During the pandemic Rachel tried her hand at a novel, which she’s still developing. Turns out novels have a lot more words than plays.

Buy her Play, The Night Witches through Dramatic Publishing

Check out her other work on the New Play Exchange.

Follow Rachel on Twitter (@RachelBublitz), Instagram (@PlaywrightBublitz) and/or Facebook (@RachelNBublitz)

Our Lovely Guest, Rachel Bublitz

Nancy Wake in Uniform

Wake and Resistance fighters planning next attack

Nancy & her husband, Henri Fiocca

Nancy, John Alsop (OSS) and Denis Rake (OSS) in a wine cellar

SOURCES:

The White Mouse: The Autobiography of the Woman the Gestapo Called the White Mouse by Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake: The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo's most wanted spy by Peter Fitzsimmons

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CREDITS:

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

About this podcast:

Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, ECBG Cake Studio & The Banditry Co.