Gilbert Eastman (September 12, 1934 – December 2, 2006) was an American educator, actor, playwright, author, and television host.
[2] Eastman was invited by David Hays to instruct a non-verbal communication class at the NTD during the summer.
Due to Hays not assigning an interpreter, Eastman created Visual Gestural Communication (VGC).
[1] He began co-hosting the Gallaudet University news program Deaf Mosaic during the late 1980s and he won an Emmy Award for the show in 1993.
In that same year, Eastman wrote an ASL combination play of My Fair Lady and Pygmalion titled Sign Me Alice.