been passed to Bradley Archer. Darrell King reprised the role in 2019. For the 2023 season, the 71st season of Horn in the West, Darrell King is taking the role of Artistic Director. The show's original Daniel Boone, Ned Austin, met his wife, Roberta, in the first season of the show. She was in the cast of the 1952 production. The following year their son David joined the cast, aged three weeks. Austin died in February, 2007. Throughout the history of Horn in the West there have been multiple more minor roles, both based on real historical figures like Judge Richard Henderson and fictional characters like Martha Stuart. Lillian North has been cast as Martha Stuart since 2021. The show also features a presence of historical Cherokee figures, most notably in a scene taking place in 'Cherokee Country'. Nancy Ward, Dragging Canoe, and Attakullakulla have all been present in different iterations of the script. Dragging Canoe was portrayed by Ian Lee in 2022. Horn in the West has become a summer tradition in the North Carolina Appalachian region. Kai Jurgensen was the first artistic director of the show, followed by George McCalmon, Edgar Loessin, William Ross, David French, Gene Wilson, Ward Haarbauer, and Richard Ayers. Ed Pilkington took over as Artistic Director in 1971 and directed until 1991. Succeeding directors have included A. Lynn Lockrow, Dewey "Bud" Mayes, Michael Schialabba, and Cherie Elledge-Grapes, daughter of Charlie (Rev. Sims) Elledge. From 2008 to 2013, Julie A. Richardson took the reins of the show, and for the 2014 season, the duties of Director had been assumed by Teresa Lee, who left after the 2016 season. Chris Bellinger directed in 2017 and Britton Corry took over in 2018 and 2019. Darrell King, a long-standing cast member, takes over for the 2023 season. Traditionally beginning in mid-June and ending in mid-August, the Horn observed its 68th consecutive production season in the summer of 2019. Horn in the West (and the Daniel Boone Amphitheater) shares a 35-acre (140,000 m2) park in the center of the town of Boone with Hickory Ridge History Museum and the Daniel Boone Native Gardens. The show did not have its 69th season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but has returned for 2021. The cast and crew are excited to bring another season of the Revolutionary Drama to guests for the 71st season in 2023. Auditions for the 2023