Tickets for the Wednesday livestream<\/a>, which will run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EST, are $10, and a recording will be available after the event. All proceeds from the ticket sales will go toward the renovations of the theater project.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMann is a retired Army Green Beret lieutenant colonel with multiple combat deployments as a member of 7th Special Forces Group. He wrote \u201cLast Out\u201d and will perform scenes from it in Wednesday\u2019s benefit event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organization plans to open the Heroes Journey Performance Center in fall of 2021, says Mann. The center will be in a repurposed warehouse near Tampa\u2019s historic Ybor City neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re gonna take this warehouse that\u2019s kinda scuffed-up, like we are as veterans, and make it into a performance space,\u201d said Mann in an unreleased video walkthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The center, which already is partially renovated, will have a black box-style theater space seating audiences as large as 200, said Mann. In the walkthrough, he describes it as a space where \u201cveterans can come in and they can their stories from the stage,\u201d highlighting theater performances and musical storytelling as two potential mediums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The converted warehouse will also have a to-be-determined number of multipurpose classrooms to facilitate free storytelling workshops for veterans, as well as psychiatric trauma interventions. The organization also hopes the center will also create employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heroes Journey plans to cover the center\u2019s operating expenses through ticket revenue and by allowing the public and other community nonprofit organizations to rent and utilize the theater and classrooms on a limited basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are yet to determine exactly how they\u2019ll approach partnerships with other nonprofits, Dunn said, though she explained that they see the center as a valuable space for organizations beyond just their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will make the theatre accessible for other veteran groups and performers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the walk-through, Mann expressed confidence that the center could have a national impact beyond the local community, envisioning the space as \u201cthe nationally-recognized place to gather for combat story-telling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An earlier version of this article said the performance would also address military sexual trauma. Heroes Journey has since informed Military Times of a line-up change removing the topic from the event.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n