Seacoast Repertory Theater

What’s the next move? What’s the right step? For small business owners looking to pivot and keep their businesses afloat those are just two of countless critical decisions that will mean the difference between survival or shuttering their doors for good. In our series ‘Rebound,’ we spotlight a handful of small business owners across the country dealt a crippling...

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre pushes for legislation to help the arts, Luella’s Southern Kitchen tries to keep their staff employed as budgets tighten and L.A. Dogworks continue to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic by instituting new changes.

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre struggles financially as they pivot to small in-person and online performances, Luella’s Southern Kitchen deals with some changes to the supply chain and L.A. Dogworks discuss the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are trying to find ways to stay afloat, keep their staff working and evolve.

Get to know the owners of Luella’s Southern Kitchen in Chicago, L.A. Dogworks in Los Angeles and the Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, N.H., as they tell us about their struggles during COVID-19 and how they have been working hard to stay afloat.

What can a business centered around the arts do to survive a pandemic that is threatening its staff, hurting its bank account and keeping its audience at home? A lot, actually — the Seacoast Repertory Theater is doing whatever it can to keep the show going. Nestled in the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this nonprofit, professional regional theater was…

A Chicago southern style restaurant. A Los Angeles based doggy day care. A New Hampshire repertory theater. Three businesses with absolutely nothing in common… until they had the very worst thing in common imaginable – a pandemic-induced shutdown. In part two of our series “Rebound,” we hear their struggles of digging in deep and fighting back from the brink....

In an effort to save struggling shops and restaurants in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, amid the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a plan to turn the top two floors of a local parking garage into an outdoor venue. On Wednesday at the Black Trumpet Bistro, chef and owner Evan Mallet was busy preparing for opening night. “Today is the first day operating...

In an effort to save struggling shops and restaurants in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a parking garage will be turned into an outdoor venue.