Catlin

He brought on his college pal Daniel Kenji Levin as cinematographer and called on their network of friends to fill supporting roles, including Cooper’s “Mindhunter” acting coach Catlin Adams, an Actors Studio alum who plays Sammy’s scheming aunt Sylvia.

Dr. Catlin, who was sometimes called the father of drug testing in sports, was the director of the U.C.L.A.

Dr. Catlin’s quarter-century at the lab coincided with a period of drug scandals in the sports world, including one involving the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, who was stripped of his gold medal in the 100-meter race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul after he tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.

Dr. Don Catlin, who built the first U.S. antidoping laboratory, and whose research unlocked the chemistry behind numerous previously undetectable performance-enhancing drugs and snared athletes who cheated by using steroids and other banned substances, died on Jan. 16 at his home in Los Angeles.

It’s adapted and directed by founding ensemble member David Catlin, who was among a group of Northwestern students who created the theater company in 1988.