The playwright and actor has different breakfast routines depending on whether he wakes up feeling heavy or light; sometimes this means starting the day with an iced Americano. One of Jeremy O. Harris’s favorite parts of his home is something most New Yorkers loathe discovering during an apartment tour: a window that looks directly onto the side of the building next door. Harris, 33, has one in his office, a cozy, wood-walled space designed by Green River Project and filled with the playwright and actor’s mementos, including framed program covers from his debut major stage production, Slave Play. He loves the feeling of not knowing what time it is that comes from the lack of light—especially because he gets his best work done starting at 2:30 a.m. “I can be in any universe I want to be in,” he says. After working through the night, he’ll sleep in until noon or 1 p.m., if he doesn’t have a Zoom meeting with Tokyo or London.

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