BIOGRAPHY

Carvens Lissaint is a Haitian American award-winning poet, actor, speaker and teaching artist. For the last two decades he has graced stages across the country and has been deemed one of the most impactful artists of his generation. Carvens most recently completed a 6-year run as George Washington in the Tony Award winning musical HAMILTON where he performed in the Broadway, Los Angeles and National Touring companies. Lissaint was an honoree of the first annual Shadow and Act RISING Star Awards held by Blavity in Los Angeles, CA.

He can be seen on HULU in the short “Go to Bed, Raymond” which played at the Overlook Film Festival, The Cleveland International Film Festival and will have a run at this years Essence Film Festival. His poetry was featured on three seasons of the hit television show “Verses and Flow” and he debuted his original work “Embers in The Dark” on NBA on TNT’s: The Arena. Carvens is an author of two poetry collections, “The Inspiration- From: Heart, To Page”, “Golgotha” and “Target Practice” which was featured on Huffington Post, Broadway.com’s Front Row, and The Build Series.

In addition to his performance career, Carvens has served as a teaching artist, adjunct professor, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker. He has worked in high schools, colleges, non profit organizations and festivals around the country teaching poetry, spoken word performance, solo show creation and acting. He is a proud graduate of The American Academy for Dramatic Arts with an Associates of Occupational Studies in Acting, he also obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dramatic Arts for Film & Television from St. John’s University, and he holds a Master of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch School of The Arts-Graduate Acting Program. 

He is the founder of “The Dwelling Circle” a faith-based men’s collective that strives for holistic wellness in the realm of mental, emotional and spiritual health. Carvens is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ and gives all glory and honor to God for everything in his life.