Latina Actress Fired for Endorsing Tea-Party Affiliated Candidate

Latina actress Maria Conchita Alonso out of play over support of Tea Party candidate (Fox News)

A San Francisco arts organization has parted ways with a well-known Latina actress, who was to star in its rendition of "The Vagina Monologues," after the thespian appeared in a political ad with a California Tea Party lawmaker who is running for governor.

"We really can't have her in the show, unfortunately," Eliana Lopez, the producer, told KPIX 5 of Maria Conchita Alonso's resignation on Friday from the cast of Brava! For Women in the Arts' upcoming Spanish performance of the Eve Ensler play.

"Of course she has the right to say whatever she wants. But we're in the middle of the Mission. Doing what she is doing is against what we believe."

Several Latino organizations have criticized Alonso -- a former Miss Venezuela who gained Hollywood fame for hits like "The Running Man," and "Moscow on the Hudson" -- for endorsing Tim Donnelly, a California State Assemblyman from San Bernardino.