(a) Produce, promote, prepare,
present, manage, direct, carry on or participate in any obscene exhibition or performance,
including the exhibition or performance of any obscene motion picture, play, drama, show,
entertainment, exposition, tableau or scene; provided, that no employee of any person or
legal entity operating a theater, garden, building, structure, room or place which
presents such obscene exhibition or performance shall be subject to prosecution under this
section if the employee is not the manager of the theater or an officer of such entity,
and has no financial interest in such theater, other than receiving salary and wages; or
(b) Own, lease or manage any
theater, garden, building, structure, room or place and lease, let or permit such theater,
garden, building, structure, room or place to be used for the purpose of presenting such
obscene exhibition or performance.