In Act 2 of “110 in the Shade,” now on stage at Antrim Playhouse in Wesley Hills, Lizzie Curry — a woman who doesn’t believe she’s a woman — sings about her dreams in an achingly lovely song.

“Simple little things
All I want are simple little things.
All I need is someone beside me to have and to hold,
Someone to love me as we grow older.
Simple little things,
Simple little dreams will do.”

Antrim director Dan Molnar doesn’t see to the simple little things that make “110 in the Shade” — or any play or musical, for that matter — shine.

Here are 8 simple things that would make “110 in the Shade” worth a look.

Simple Little Thing 1: No kicklines. When his actors take to the stage, Molnar puts them in long, unbroken lines, looking straight out. Vary the staging, cluster the actors — or put them in Rockette costumes and call it a day.

SLT 2: Let ’em see you sweat. The play is set in a heat wave. During a long drought. Act like it’s hot; put sweat stains on the costumes. Or have things look a little dusty. If you wonder if this is the right way to go, consult the musical’s title.

SLT 3: Play the comedy. Don’t let the actor playing Jimmy, the dimwitted but lovable Curry boy throw away all the funny lines. Mark Herrmann’s Jimmy was like a kid kept after school, and he let surefire laugh lines go unnoticed.

SLT 4: Think about it. In one of the play’s first scenes, Lizzie (a sweet-voiced Lisa Spielman) comes home after a trip. When she sings her first song, Molnar has her sit on the suitcase she’s been lugging. Really? Not sit in a favorite chair now that she’s finally home? She’d rather sit on a suitcase?

SLT 5: Pick up the pace. The scenes with the Curry men (Herrmann, Walter Fiedler as patriarch H.C., and Jim DeBlasi as Noah) should be rapid-fire and natural. Instead, they dragged on and on. If your actors can’t sing and dance simultaneously, as is the case here, put the emphasis on singing. It’s a musical, after all.

SLT 6: Find the person who can’t sing. If, during rehearsals, you discover that one of the men in your ensemble is incapable of carrying a tune in a bucket, put him in a non-singing role. One male singer was so far off, the most compelling thing about the group songs was trying to narrow down who he was.

SLT 7: Be a better director or find a weaker choreographer. At first, Randy Accardi’s choreography stands out as overwrought, but the more you watch, the more you realize that Accardi put his stamp on the show, tried to deliver something. When the dances follow static staging, they’re going to stand out.

SLT 8: Tell them you went bowling. Before each performance at an old theater I used to haunt in New Mexico, the owner would get up and say “If you like the show, tell your friends. If you don’t, tell them you went bowling.”

Photo by Brian T. Conroy: Lizzie (Lisa Spielman) has a choice to make, between Starbuck (Dale O’Dell Jr., left) and File (T. Eric Collins) in The Antrim Players production of “110 in the Shade,” directed by Dan Molnar.