The award-winning play ‘Life of Pi,’ based on the novel by Yann Martel, is performing at the Des Moines Civic Center through March 2. The story follows a teenage boy, Pi, who is shipwrecked and trapped on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. On Wednesday, members of the cast gave a demonstration of the show’s tiger puppet, Richard Parker. #iowa #ipr #npr #lifeofpi #puppet #news #fyp