Pippin effects

Hey all! Here's the situation: we are doing Pippin in the winter and our director contacted me today. He asked that I look in to some "magic tricks" for the show. Any idea what he is talking about and any suggestions for these magic tricks?

 

Did you get the plans for the magic carpet trick in the opening?

 

We got plans for a device that is a platform made of wood and one piece of flat stock.
When you pull the wood away at a certain angle it appears as if the person is floating in thin air.
I believe it is in our rental stock now.

 

Where do I get the plans for the "magic carpet trick"? And what do you mean by "rental"? That sounds like what he is talking about! Sorry, I'm fairly new around here. Thanks!

 

I honestly don't know where they came from, at first I thought it was from the licensing company, but no such luck.
By rental stock I mean that we built it and now rent it to other theatres for a small fee.

 

yeah, I don't recall that from the DVD. For our production we did a lot of smaller magic gags which worked great.