Black Hills Playhouse Staff
Executive Director
Linda Anderson is employed by the University of South Dakota as the Executive Director of the Black Hills Playhouse. A native of Pierre and graduate of Augustana College, Anderson served as the Executive Director of the Dahl Arts Center for almost a decade, leading the team that piloted a $7.5 million dollar expansion of the center.
Ms. Anderson brings solid expertise in fundraising, board development and arts administration to Black Hills Playhouse operations. She worked in 2011 with the board, alums, patrons, funders, USD faculty and Custer State Park staff to raise over half a million dollars to make significant and lasting improvements to the historic Playhouse site.
Artistic Director
Dan Workman has a B.F.A. degree in Theatre Performance from Tarkio College and an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of South Dakota. He currently works as Assistant Professor of Theatre at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. In addition, he serves as the Artistic Director for Dakota Players, a company which provides excellent children's theatre residencies across the region for K-12 students. Workman will be entering his seventeenth season as a company member and his fourth as Artistic Director.
Dan has performed in numerous BHP productions including: A Year with Frog and Toad, Hay Fever, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Importance of Being Earnest, Move Over Mrs. Markham, The Sound of Music, Our Town and Bus Stop as well as directing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Big River and The Boys Next Door. In 2011 Dan directed Lend Me A Tenor, played Jacob in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, played Jim Haller in All Shook Up and one of the clowns in The 39 Steps.
Executive Assistant
Jason Reuter is the Executive Assistant for the BHP. Jason works in the operations office in Rapid City and onsite at the Playhouse in all aspects of preparing for the season including operations, marketing and fundraising.He is currently heading up the Room Service project which aims to remodel and upgrade the housing units at the BHP annually through generous volunteer participation.
