Most issues are eclectic, dealing with live performance, media, and performance theory.
Topics range from experimental performance to ethnographic studies. Articles are published detailing performances in a variety of cultures from all over the world. TDR invites opinions, debates, letters from readers and contributors, and reports on performances, books, conferences, and festivals. In addition to the editor and associate editor, two graduate students work on TDR, one as managing editor. The journal is published by the MIT Press.