NMTE member Kevin Bowen’s Foshay! You Know The Tower — Now Hear The Story has a spot in the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival, playing the Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre this August — a 60-minute adaptation of the full-length musical.

The show tells the true story of Wilbur Foshay, one of the richest men in America by 1929, tracing his rise through the Roaring Twenties to financial ruin in the Great Depression — a man who “lost everything, but found himself.” A collaboration between Kevin Bowen and Lynn Bowen, Foshay! premiered at Open Window Theatre in 2023 and was featured in NMTE’s 2026 New Works Cabaret at Crooners.

Cast

  • Landon Hudson — Wilbur Burton Foshay
  • Elisheva Scheuer — Leota Fox (Hutchinson) Foshay & Inspector 2
  • Michael Chapman — Henry Howe Henley & Reporter 3 (Joe)
  • Jessica Peters — Reporter 1 (Mary), Genevieve Clark, Inspector 1 & Prison Guard
  • Samm Nordstrom — Reporter 2 (Larry), New Hire 1, James, Léon Eugène Arnal, Lewis Drill, James Farley, Taxi Driver

Creative Team

  • Kevin Bowen — Book, Music, Lyrics, Producer
  • Lynn Bowen — Book, Producer, Costumes
  • Tyler Haugen — Director
  • Chantalle Falconer — Music Director / Pianist
  • Lily Truebenbach — Choreographer
  • Hailey Stobb — Stage Manager

Performances

All performances at the Rarig Stoll Thrust Theatre (recommended for ages 12 and up):

  • Saturday, August 8 — 10:00 PM
  • Sunday, August 9 — 4:00 PM (open captioned)
  • Monday, August 10 — 8:30 PM
  • Thursday, August 13 — 5:30 PM
  • Sunday, August 16 — 7:00 PM

Tickets are $25 ($20 with a Fringe button; $5 passholder reservations with a Multi-Show Pass).

Show page & tickets at Minnesota Fringe →

The Minnesota Fringe Festival is one of the largest performing arts festivals in the United States.