About the Project
*OUR RUN IS COMPLETE!
LINKS TO PRESS REVIEWS
"YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL PRESENTS SHOWS, PLAYS AND PERFORMANCES
THAT ARE TRANSFORMATIVE.
BURN SCAR TAKES IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
THE SHOW IS NOT ONLY ENTERTAINING BUT ALSO CATHARTIC."
- NOHO ARTS DISTRICT Link to review: https://nohoartsdistrict.com/burn-scar-review-hollywood-fringe-2026/
"Christine crafts a dynamic emotional ride… she blends personal tragedy, moments of comedy, and the required humor
and fortitude it takes to battle bubbly insurance adjusters on a mission to delay, deny, and defend."
- LAFPI Link to review: https://lafpi.com/2026/06/fringefemmes-check-ins-burn-scar/
"In her captivating solo show…Dunford uses her skills as an actress to robustly animate her narrative. And as harrowing as it is,
she ends it with a nod to the people she encountered who genuinely cared and helped…"
- STAGE RAW Link to review: https://stageraw.com/stage-raw-review-burn-scar/
ONE OF LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE’S “12 SHOWS NOT TO MISS”
LINK: https://lamag.com/film/hollywood-fringe-festival-will-showcase-independent-theater-across-l-a/
TO THE PRESS & REVIEWERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SEE & WRITE ABOUT BURN SCAR:
Thank you for helping other people find their way in.
Coverage like yours is what turns a Fringe run into something that travels beyond its original walls.
TO OUR AMAZING AUDIENCES:
This show exists because you showed up — and then kept showing up.To every audience member who brought their full selves into the theater: thank you.Your laughter, your silence, your willingness to be sit in an experience at once painful and funny is everything.ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES / BURN SCAR NEWS…
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THANK YOU!!!!
“Burn Scar: A Comedy of Catastrophic Proportions”
In the wake of the 2024 election results it felt like the world was burning. But I was determined to push that aside as we entered 2025 and rally!
But metaphor turned to matter a few weeks later when, on the morning of Jan 7 2025, I smelled smoke.
I grabbed the go-bag, my dogs and all the meds in the house (some of the most expensive stuff we’ve got cuz – America!) and after 3 hours of fighting traffic with 30,000 other evacuees, escaped the largest fire in Los Angeles history.
What followed was a string of Airbnb’s with couches that all seemed to be stained in the same place, a deep dive into the wine selection at Trader Joe’s and exposure to insurance fuckery of such epic proportions that it seemed a perfect mirror to the ascendance of cruelty we’re seeing in the greater American landscape.
“Surviving having survived” was its own kind of devastation – manmade, corporate, systemic.
In its face, I became hypervigilant and cynical.
I hardened.
So when I heard the term “burn scar” and learned that it means “earth that’s been scorched by fire and become hard, brittle and impenetrable” – all I could think was “Yep, that’s me.”
Until a single encounter changed everything.
And I won’t give it away here, but let me just say that it prompted me to have a t-shirt printed that says:
“I went to a disaster and all I got was renewed faith in humanity.”
Written & performed by Christine Dunford
At Theatre of Note: 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd 90028
June 4 at 7:15pm / June 13 at 4:00 pm / June 20 at 7:30pm
Run-time: 55 minutes
*The theater has wheelchair accessible seating and restrooms
**Content warning: While this is a dark comedy, the subject matter is serious and features photos and film clips of the Palisades fire. This may be upsetting to some audience members, and the show may not be suitable for people under the age of 14.
Learn More at christinedunford.com/burnscar
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