Das Geschöpf

Elke Orlac, born in Munich, was an actress under the name Elke Arendt at the Freie Volksbühne in Berlin, at the State Theatre in Kassel, and in Darmstadt, at the Schauspielhaus Bochum, and at the Residenztheater in Munich. This was followed by guest performances and tours, as well as her own productions such as "Undine Goes" by Ingeborg Bachmann and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition to short stories and plays, she sketched the life of actress and poet Emmy Hennings in the biography "Der blonde Fetzen." The play was published by Desch Verlag and was performed under her own direction at the City Theatre in Ingolstadt. Under the name Elke Orlac, she created the audio piece "The Club of White Bathrobes and the Beauty Queen" for Südwestfunk Baden-Baden. In 2019, her novel "Louise-Hofnärrin zu Weimar" was published by Scholastika Verlag.