Lamb's Players Theatre occupies a long-abandoned theater space within the historic Spreckles Building in Coronado.  The theater's lobby is positioned within a block of shops along the main Orange Avenue, and the theater house extends to adjacent street frontage.  The space was originally occupied by the Silver Strand Theater that produced music and variety shows from 1917 to 1936. This project included interior and structural improvements to re-create a performing arts theater in the abandoned theater building.

In this project, Whitmore Architects worked with the client to define the project's feasibility and to assist in establishing fund raising methods for the project.  These services included definition of the project program, creation of a schematic design for the facility, and initial cost projections to set funding goals.

The theater was envisioned to echo, but not replicate, the original theater.  The lobby serves as the transition between the modern world outside and the more original feel of the theater inside.  The design vocabulary includes trace elements of the original theater, such as column capitals, a high ceiling with restored skylight, and new steel trusses that reference the original trusses in the theater house.

The performance area contains a modular thrust stage that can be raised or lowered by sections.  The design provides excellent sightlines and insures an intimate feeling by raking the bank of theater seats in seven rows.  Replication of the original column capitals at a scale that is slightly smaller than the original, and the introduction of damask wall covering on acoustic panels reflect the original theater's materials.  State-of-the art audio and lighting systems are incorporated into the space.

The theater received an award for "Best Adaptive Re-use Project" from the Save Our Heritage Organization.