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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Bill Pearlman Papers
Creator:
Pearlman, Bill
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0789
Physical Description:
10.6 Linear feet
(27 archives boxes and one oversize folder)
Physical Description:
.154 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1957-2013
Abstract: Papers of Bill Pearlman (1943-2016), poet, actor, playwright, Jungian psychotherapist and founding director of the Institute
for Archetypal Drama.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Bill Pearlman, poet, actor, playwright, Jungian psychotherapist and founding director of the Institute for Archetypal
Drama. Materials include writings, notebooks, artwork, a small selection of photographs and biographical materials, and correspondence
with colleagues, friends and family.
Arranged in five series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) JOURNALS AND ARTWORK, 4) WRITINGS, and 5) MISCELLANEOUS.
William (Bill) Dennis Pearlman was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. He attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan
Beach, California, obtained a B.A. in English Literature and Theatre Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles, and
went on to earn his M.A. in English Literature from the University of New Mexico. In addition to literature and theatre, Pearlman
had a lifelong interest in athletics. He played football at both Mira Costa High School and UCLA, and was an All-American
volleyball player.
After graduate school, Pearlman trained extensively in Jungian psychotherapy, psychodrama and family therapy, and became a
licensed professional counselor and substance abuse therapist in the state of New Mexico. In 1987, combining his interest
in psychology and theatre, Pearlman founded the Institute for Archetypal Drama, and for several years as Director, he developed
and conducted innovative educational workshops for college students and adults in drama therapy.
Pearlman taught workshops and classes on a variety of subjects relating to theatre, drama therapy, English literature and
poetry at several institutions throughout the course of his professional career: He was on the faculty of Southwestern College
in Santa Fe, New Mexico; was an Instructor of English Literature at the Writing Center at the University of California, Santa
Barbara; and was the Program Director of the graduate level Archetypal Drama Therapy program at Ottawa University in Phoenix.
Pearlman, a multi-linguist, also taught drama therapy workshops in Portuguese in Brazil, and in Spanish in Mexico and Spain.
In 1992, Pearlman presented at the national ASGPP Psychodrama Conference in New York and the National Association for Drama
Therapy in San Francisco.
In addition to teaching drama, Pearlman was a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Actors' Equity Association and had
small rolls in feature films and television, including: Falcon Crest (1989); Lazarus Man (1995); and East Meets West (Japanese
Production, 1996). He acted in several plays, including: Waiting for Godot at the Vortex Theatre (1976); Figaro Gets a Divorce
at the La Jolla Playhouse (1986); Glengarry Glen Ross at the Arizona Theatre Co. (1987); Caine Mutiny Court Martial at the
Actors Lab, Arizona (1988); and directed Samuel Beckett's Krapps Last Tape at the Zócalo Theatre in New Mexico (1982).
Pearlman wrote in a variety of genres, often combining his interested in poetry, archetypes and the dramatic arts and published
several books including:
Surfing Off the Ark (Poems 1965-1969) by Grasshopper Press (1970);
Inzorbital: A Novel published by Duende Press (1974);
Elegy for Prefontaine and Other Track Poems (1977);
Characters of the Sacred: The World of Archetypal Drama published by Duende Press (1995);
Flareup of Twosomes, Poems by La Alameda Press (1996);
Brazilian Incarnation, New and Selected Poems by Rough Road Press (2000); and was part of the poetry anthology,
In Company: Anthology of New Mexico Poets, (University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
Pearlman passed away in 2016 in San Miguel, New Mexico.
Bill Pearlman Papers. MSS 789. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquired 2016
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
A small selection digital files are decribed in the container list.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poets, American -- New Mexico -- Archives
American poetry -- 20th century
American poetry -- 21st century
Drama -- Therapeutic use -- Research
Pearlman, Bill -- Archives