Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz Artistic Director, top left, and playwright Kate Hawley, top right, were also in attendance for the event where SCS Artistic Director Mike Ryan unveiled the 2023 season which will include the staging of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and “The Tempest” along with the world premiere of local playwright Kathryn Chetkovich’s “The Formula.” Santa Cruz Shakespeare is a nationally recognized independent professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years.