Bob Baker Marionette Theater | 504 followers on LinkedIn. Our mission is to educate, celebrate, and inspire through puppetry and the allied arts. | Bob Baker Marionette Theater's mission as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization is to educate, celebrate, and inspire imagination through puppetry and the allied arts. After Bob’s passing in 2014 at the age of 90, the puppeteers and staff had to transition to being the stewards of both the past and the future of Bob’s beloved Theater. Each box that was packed and moved from our historic home at 1345 W. 1st Street to our new Theater in Highland Park carried a story of a puppeteer or fabricator who had contributed to the fabric of the Theater.