One Up: The Musical

WINNER - Fringe Award for Musicals & Operas

WINNER - Beyond the Fringe Encore Award

NOMINEE - No Room in the Green Room Ensemble Award

Produced, co-wrote and starred in the original eighties musical that held it’s world premiere at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival. In addition to winning the FRINGE AWARD FOR MUSICALS & OPERAS and BEYOND THE FRINGE ENCORE AWARD, the show had a sold-out run and earned rave reviews.

Set in 1987, One-Up: The Musical follows Bryson, an ambitious but untested female video game programmer, who develops her own game and learns the importance of community and the cost of unbridled ambition.

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Music/Lyrics: Matt Dahan

Book: Mary Bonney and Weslie Lechner