She replaced Hillary Bailey Smith in late 1989 as Margo Hughes on As the World Turns.
Dolan played Margo until 1993, when she moved to California to pursue nighttime television work.
Her stage career began in 1980 at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater with roles such as Katrin in Mother Courage.
Her subsequent roles in numerous regional productions have included Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Virginia Stage Company, Mary in How the Other Half Loves at the Pennsylvania Stage Company, and Clelia in The Nerd at the Capitol Repertory in Albany, NY.
She joined a repertory group called the WorkShop Theater Company in 2004 and has had leading roles in several mainstage productions there.