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BIO

Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, Benny has been on the move for most of his life. He has lived in
Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Tulsa, Houston, Santa Fe, San Antonio, the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex
and is now living in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.

He received his B.F.A. in Music Theatre from the College of Santa Fe in May 2008,
where he starred in many Greer Garson Theatre productions and student films. 
He was also a regular performer at Vanessie's and other Santa Fe piano bars,
performed in commercials and did voice-over work.

Briseno recently appeared in Much Ado About Nothing where he tackled the role of Benedick  and
as Marc Antony in Julius Caesar for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company.  He is also a company
member of The Berubians Theatre Company and appeared in The Dark Side of the Moon.

 Prior to his LA move, he performed the title role in Rancho Pancho,  a new play by Gregg Barrios
which chronicles the short-lived, but intense, relationship between playwright Tennessee Williams
and south Texan Pancho Rodriguez.  The show debuted in San Antonio before traveling to
Provincetown Massachusetts for the Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, September 25th through 28th, 2008.

Benny also performed with the Santa Fe Opera as Vittorio in their  One Hour Opera community performance of
I Due Timidi (The Timid Twosome).