Ugly Cry Christmas is about Candy, a dejected 19-year-old barista living on her own in Portland, Oregon and Gertrude, an elderly woman who shares her loneliness on a message board. Will their unlikely intergenerational friendship blossom in time to ensure neither spends Christmas alone, or will their differences keep them apart? Written by award-winning playwright, Brianna Barrett (Visionary Award, Mark Twain Prize in Comic Playwriting, Eugene O’Neill Finalist) and directed by Lindsey Neville (lindseymarieneville.com), this heartwarming story promises to tug at your heartstrings.