Going Up is a dark and comic corporate thriller, transplanted from the usual decadence of the corner office into the claustrophobic confines of an elevator. The film follows four up-and-coming executives who have learned that a higher-up in the firm engaged in some financial shenanigans, while also knowing that someone else is going to take the fall. Together, they scheme how to best avoid trouble for themselves.
The film was shot in late 2024. The production team included Todd Wells, Leo Torres, and the crew of Poison Arrow films. Post-production wrapped up in March of 2025. Going Up will go through its festival run in late 2025.
View the trailer for Going Up
Cast
Jake Beauvais made his way to the tropical heat of Chicago after graduating with a degree in theater from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He had a recurring role in the web series, Strange Creatures of the Adult Wilderness, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the NJ Web Fest. He was a founding member and collaborating director of UAA’s resident improv troupe, The Ad-lib Alchemists.
Max McKune’s onscreen credits include Attack of the Flies, The Crossfade, and a very entertaining Saugatuck Brewery commercial.
Heidi Musec is a Chicago-based actor whose screen credits include The Quarters, Allergic to Death, and Dark Soul River. She is also accomplished on the boards, with stints in A Chorus Line, Dream of the Burning Boy, and The Last Five Years. She holds a BFA from the Chicago College of Performing Arts.
Music
Kara Tiemann is primarily a vocalist and has performed with many choirs and a cappella groups. She played Wanda in two episodes of the web series Strange Creatures of the Adult Wilderness.
Tim Corpus composed the original music for Going Up. He is a Filipino-American composer and arts manager who has performed at Carnegie Hall, Auditorium Theater, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Kennedy Center, and features on CNN Money, BBC Radio3, and 98.7 WFMT, among others. His music has received various awards from film festivals around the country and his album, “MMXX”, was hailed as “a striking disc” by British critic Robert Hugill. Tim also orchestrates and arranges music for Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Milwaukee Symphony, and Third Coast Percussion.