Mary Stuart Masterson as a wealthy teen who upsets her family by going to work at a home for troubled youths. James Earl Jones. Grandmother: Geraldine Page. Mrs. Bettinger: Pamela Payton-Wright. Bettinger: Peter Michael Goetz. Alice: Traci Lin. Joan: Erika Alexander. Mrs. Chopper: Anne Meara. Kai: Peter Gallagher. Directed and co-scripted by Connie Kaiserman.