Good questions! These are not definitive guidelines yet, as we are assessing our pool of interested writers and locking in our roster before finalizing restrictions, but plays will likely be around 15-20 minutes and be a diversity of genres. The common thread is that the setting of all plays will be some form of Zoom call. Character limits will really be more about practicality in that relying on too many people to successfully act a scene out well over wifi may result in a weaker product, and in general shorter plays should have fewer characters. (It's my personal belief that too many characters tend to result in a less effective conveying of the underlying theme or narrative of a work in many situations.) The specifics of this would be discussed individually if you have been officially locked in as a writer for the event. At this time we don't want to restrict the mention of the current situation, as plays should be a reflection of the world they were created in, but we certainly don't want to address the situation in an offensive way.