Toll Booth

by Allie Ray

Hearing confessions during the height of the Roaring Twenties in Chicago sometimes leaves Father Riley feeling like the man at the toll booth: dolling out grace like an inconvenient fine his parishioners must pay to go about their lives as usual. But when notorious bootlegger Gianni Capido rushes in with a mysteriously urgent need for absolution, Father Riley's practiced system of grace and penance is turned on its head. A play in one act.

25 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2022

About the author

Allie Ray is an author, educator and librarian from the little rural town of Osceola, Nebraska. She earned her BA in English from Concordia University — Seward, Nebraska, with minors in creative writing and theater arts. She is the author of HOLLER, INHERITANCE, SUFFERING FOOLS, CHILDREN OF PROMISE, and two one-act plays. She currently lives in her hometown with her daughters.