Jeremy O Harris’ Yell at the Majestic with Lakeith Stanfield?

[Michael9]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 10:53am

Apologies if posted already (certainly couldn’t find anything), but walking past the Majestic yesterday there was posters up for:

Jeremy O Harris

YELL: A Documentary on My Time Here

starring Lakeith Stanfield, Taraji P. Henson, Alan Cumming, Eva Noblezada and others. 



Anyone heard anything about this?

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 11:06am

Considering the lack of announcements, the weird formatting and billing, the lack of producing credits, and the fact that a number of those performers are currently working on other things now or in the near future, my thought is that these are styling for taping of a movie or TV show. 

Updated On: 11/13/25 at 11:06 AM

[east side story]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 12:02pm

Oh here we go again. This is a (not very good) play that JOH wrote during their time in the MFA program at Yale, which was fully funded and they paid zero dollars. Could be a reading of some sort? Who knows, but the script is essentially JOH’s revenge fantasy on the dean and a member of faculty who disagreed with JOH during a rehearsal process for Slave Play it’s early stages at the school. The topic they disagreed on was related to sexual assault. One scene had the dean eating feces, no joke. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 12:45pm

JOH is a needy one. After DADDY and the 2nd half of SP you couldn't pay us to care.

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 12:50pm

He’s become like a black Truman Capote. Only has one or two substantial works and is becoming more known for being a social nuisance than a credible writer. There are SO many people in the community that I’ve talked to who absolutely cannot stand him and believe he is a sellout.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 1:03pm

"He’s become like a black Truman Capote."

You could have just said "like Truman Capote." Even then the comparison isn't apt. Capote had about 20 years of literary fame before sliding off the rails and was far more famous and significant than O'Harris could even dream of.

[east side story]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 1:04pm

Was attempting to add this to my previous post but my god, this site is glitchy.
 

JOH was not the first and won’t be the last student to express concerns about their experience in higher education. JOH always took it too far. Not sure how much the script to YELL has evolved over the years, but the original version that was circulated also (allegedly) included verbatim conversations between JOH, the professor who had concerns with the SA content in Slave Play and how it was being managed in rehearsal, and the school’s Title 9 rep. It was a huge invasion of privacy and the only reason the administration made nothing of it was because he was a student. JOH complained for three calendar years about Yale and his free ride, which also included a living stipend to pay rent and incidentals, but talked about the experience like it was a prison sentence. He could have left at anytime but chose to stay because he needed the Yale network and contacts to elevate his position in the industry, which it did. His personality and behavior then took it even further. There were also other situations where he showed how unsavory his core happens to be, but that’s another story. Either way, I respect him as an artist with a voice, but never as a person.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 1:55pm

""He’s become like a black Truman Capote."

You could have just said "like Truman Capote." Even then the comparison isn't apt. Capote had about 20 years of literary fame before sliding off the rails and was far more famous and significant than O'Harris could even dream of."

Correct. Also, this cast is stupid talented, every single one of them.

[joevitus]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 2:10pm

east side story said: "This is a (not very good) play that JOH wrote "

Could be the first line of a review for any play he's ever writtten. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 2:22pm

LOTS of activity outside/inside The Majestic today. Lots of signage so something is happening there with this, it looks like.  

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 2:35pm

I am probably the only person who actually liked Daddy. But I hated Slave Play. And I cannot stand the person who wrote them. That loathing has gotten worse over the years, so he won't get another dime out of me.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 2:46pm

Ok it’s not real - i just asked, it’s for a tv show.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 2:52pm

Didn't he recently "save" the Williamstown Theater Festival?

[Kad]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 3:23pm

I thought Slave Play was fine but not nearly as incisive or clever as it presented itself. I don’t fully understand how Harris parleyed it into being a cultural figure, particularly since his other works have all been lower quality (Black Exhibition was borderline unwatchable). Other early career playwrights with stronger bodies of work seem to languish in relative obscurity for years, but Harris gets to host the Met Gala and gets handed the keys to Williamstown. The industry is wild.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 4:01pm

Kad said: "I thought Slave Play was fine but not nearly as incisive or clever as it presented itself. I don’t fully understand how Harris parleyed it into being a cultural figure, particularly since his other works have all been lower quality (Black Exhibitionwas borderline unwatchable). Other early career playwrights with stronger bodies of work seem to languish in relative obscurity for years, but Harris gets to host the Met Gala and gets handed the keys to Williamstown. The industry is wild."

Yeah.  His Williamtown job is embarrassing for the theater. Hopefully they see the error in their ways with that, if they have not already.   Not smart.    He has a good manager and publicist, as of now, so that's all it is.  Smoke and mirrors - hopefully dissipating and cracking.