Geronte (Paxton Whitehead) makes plans to draw up his will, to the delight of his ''apparent heir'' Eraste (Nate Burger) and their crafty servants Lisette (Jessie Fisher) and Crispin (Cliff Saunders). Photo

From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE HEIR APPARENT at Chicago Shakespeare

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) presents David Ives' uproarious comedy THE HEIR APPARENT, staged by award-winning director John Rando and featuring a stellar cast, led by heralded actor, Paxton Whitehead as Geronte. Rhyming couplets and contemporary slang abound in Ives' deliciously off-color tribute to Jean-Francois Regnard's comic masterpiece, Le Legataire universel-bringing eighteenth-century bawdiness into the twenty-first. Just in time for the holiday season, THE HEIR APPARENT will be presented in the Courtyard Theater now through January 17, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!