[twine 2 & sugarcube 2] Is it possible to pass an array of objects to a widget?

Hello there forum, I've been searching a while for an answer to the question: can I pass an array of objects to a widget?
To be clear, I mean passing an array variable to a widget, as in

/* define an array of people (objects) with names */
<<set $arr to [{name:'alice'}, {name:'bob'}, {name:'casey'}]>>
$arr[0].name
/* Outputs "alice" */

/* do something to the array */
<<arraywidget $arr>>

/* let's say the widget looks like */
<<widget "arraywidget">>
  <<for _i = 0; _i < $args.length; _i++>>
    <<print $args[_i].name>>
  <</for>>
<</widget>>

The above widget definition prints nothing. I tried to fix it by reading to a temporary variable first:

<<widget "wordywidget">>
  <<for _i = 0; _i < $args.length; _i++>>
    <<set _person to $args[_i]>>
    <<print _person.name>>
  <</for>>
<</widget>>

Which still prints nothing. During testing I accidentally left out the ".name" in the first widget and got

<<widget "borkedwidget">>
  <<for _i = 0; _i < $args.length; _i++>>
    <<print $args[_i]>>
  <</for>>
<</widget>>

which outputs "[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]", i.e. the entire array as one element of $args. (Since I didn't explicitly print the commas, I'm pretty sure this is the string representation of the outer array $arr.)

Is there any way to make this work? Currently I only know of one workaround: saving the array to a global variable used by the widget. I would much prefer passing the array as an argument though, passing through globals gives me nightmares of assembly coding.

Any tips or fixes would be greatly appreciated!