With justice at stake, when does the need to lie outweigh the demands of truth? For Brent (an aviation mechanic and "regular guy"), rescuing Conrad - the longtime friend of live-in girlfriend Alex - from a vicious gay bashing is instinctive heroism. But Conrad's determined pursuit of justice at all costs, Alex's troubled past and Brent's impulsive physicality puts all three on a path where scruples surrender to misrepresentation and mistakes.DEGREES is a play that explores these questions and more as three people with conflicting agendas try to do what is right, but in the process lose themselves ... degree by bitter degree.